Latin

Verb

sānctificō ‎(present infinitive sānctificāre, perfect active sānctificāvī, supine sānctificātum); first conjugation

1. I consecrate; make holy; set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Genesis 2:3

     et benedixit diei septimo et sanctificavit illum quia in ipso cessaverat ab omni opere suo quod creavit Deus ut faceret

     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.

2. I purify; I free from sin.
   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, ad Corinthios I 6:11

     et haec quidam fuistis sed abluti estis sed sanctificati estis sed iustificati estis in nomine Domini nostri Iesu Christi et in Spiritu Dei nostri

     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.

3. I make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, ad Timotheum I 4:4-5

     quia omnis creatura Dei bona et nihil reiciendum quod cum gratiarum actione percipitur: sanctificatur enim per verbum Dei et orationem

     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

Inflection

Derived terms

• sānctificus

Related terms

• sānctiō
• sānctitās
• sānctūdō
• sānctus

Descendants

References

• sanctifico in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sanctifico”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.