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Webster 1913 Edition
Sanctity
1.
The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness.
To
sanctity
she made no pretense, and, indeed, narrowly escaped the imputation of irreligion. Macaulay.
2.
Sacredness; solemnity; inviolability; religious binding force;
as, the
. sanctity
of an oath3.
A saint or holy being.
[R.]
About him all the
sanctities
of heaven. Milton.
Syn. – Holiness; godliness; piety; devotion; goodness; purity; religiousness; sacredness; solemnity. See the Note under
Religion
. Webster 1828 Edition
Sanctity
SANC'TITY
,Noun.
1.
Holiness; state of being sacred or holy. God attributes no sanctity to place.2.
Goodness; purity; godliness; as the sanctity of love; sanctity of manners.3.
Sacredness; solemnity; as the sanctity of an oath.4.
A saint or holy being.About him all the sanctities of heav'n - [Unusual.]
Definition 2025
sanctity
sanctity
English
Noun
sanctity (countable and uncountable, plural sanctities)
- (uncountable) Holiness of life or disposition; saintliness
- (uncountable) The condition of being considered sacred; inviolability
- (countable) Something considered sacred.
Translations
holiness — see holiness
condition
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something considered sacred