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Webster 1913 Edition
Sanctify
Sanc′ti-fy
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sanctified
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sanctifying
.] 1.
To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.
God blessed the seventh day and
sanctified
it. Gen. ii. 3.
Moses . . .
sanctified
Aaron and his garments. Lev. viii. 30.
2.
To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify.
Sanctify
them through thy truth. John xvii. 17.
3.
To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.
A means which his mercy hath
sanctified
so to me as to make me repent of that unjust act. Eikon Basilike.
4.
To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to.
The holy man, amazed at what he saw,
Made haste to
Made haste to
sanctify
the bliss by law. Dryden.
Truth guards the poet,
sanctifies
the line. Pope.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sanctify
SANC'TIFY
,Verb.
T.
1.
In a general sense, to cleanse, purify or make holy.2.
To separate, set apart or appoint to a holy, sacred or religious use.God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. Gen. 2.
So under the Jewish dispensation, to sanctify the altar, the temple, the priests, &c.
3.
To purify; to prepare for divine service, and for partaking of holy things. Ex. 19.4.
To separate, ordain and appoint to the work of redemption and the government of the church. John 10.5.
To cleanse from corruption; to purify from sin; to make holy be detaching the affections from the world and its defilements, and exalting them to a supreme love to God.Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth.
John 17. Eph. 5.
6.
To make the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.Those judgments of God are the more welcome, as a means which his mercy hath sanctified so to me, as to make me repent of that unjust act.
7.
To make free from guilt.That holy man amaz'd at what he saw, made haste to sanctify the bliss by law.
8.
To secure from violation.Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line.
To sanctify God, to praise and celebrate him as a holy being; to acknowledge and honor his holy majesty, and to reverence his character and laws. Is. 8.
God sanctifies himself or his name, by vindicating his honor from the reproaches of the wicked, and manifesting his glory. Ezek. 36.
Definition 2024
sanctify
sanctify
English
Verb
sanctify (third-person singular simple present sanctifies, present participle sanctifying, simple past and past participle sanctified)
- (transitive) To make holy; to consecrate. Set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Genesis 2:3:
- And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Genesis 2:3:
- (transitive) To free from sin; to purify.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Corinthians-Chapter-6/#11 1 Corinthians 6:11:
- And 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.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Ephesians 5:25-26:
- Husbands, 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.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Corinthians-Chapter-6/#11 1 Corinthians 6:11:
- (transitive) To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Timothy-Chapter-4/#4-5 1 Timothy 4:4-5:
- For 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.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Timothy-Chapter-4/#4-5 1 Timothy 4:4-5:
- (transitive) To endorse with religious sanction.
Synonyms
- (to make holy): consecrate, hallow
- (to free from sin): cleanse, purify
Antonyms
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Translations
to make holy
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to purify
to make acceptable or useful
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to endorse
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