• Sanctify

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈsæŋk.tɪ.faɪ/

    Origin

    From Late Latin sānctificō, from Latin sānctus ("holy") + faciō ("do, make").

    Full definition of sanctify

    Verb

    1. (transitive) To make holy; to consecrate. Set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
      • Authorized Version|Genesis|2|3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
    2. (transitive) To free from sin; to purify.
      • Authorized Version|1 Corinthians|6|11And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
      • Authorized Version|Ephesians|5|25-26Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.
    3. (transitive) To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
      • Authorized Version|1 Timothy|4|4-5For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
    4. (transitive) To endorse with religious sanction.

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