Sanctify
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ˈsæŋk.tɪ.faɪ/
Origin
From Late Latin sÄnctificÅ, from Latin sÄnctus ("holy") + faciÅ ("do, make").
Full definition of sanctify
Verb
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (transitive) To endorse with religious sanction.
Synonyms
- (to make holy) consecrate, hallow
- (to free from sin) cleanse, purify