sanctified
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use“a consecrated church”“the sacred mosque”“sacred elephants”“sacred bread and wine”“sanctified wine”Synonyms: consecratedsacred
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Sanctified \Sanc"ti*fied\, a. Made holy; also, made to have the air of sanctity; sanctimonious. [1913 Webster]
Sanctify \Sanc"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sanctified; p. pr. & vb. n. Sanctifying.] [F. sanctifier, L. sanctificare; sanctus holy + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Saint, and -fy.]
1.To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow. [1913 Webster]
God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it.— Gen. ii. 3.[1913 Webster]
Moses . . . sanctified Aaron and his garments.— Lev. viii. 30.[1913 Webster]
2.To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify. [1913 Webster]
Sanctify them through thy truth.— John xvii. 17.[1913 Webster]
3.To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety. [1913 Webster]
A means which his mercy hath sanctified so to me as to make me repent of that unjust act.— Eikon Basilike.[1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
The holy man, amazed at what he saw, Made haste to sanctify the bliss by law.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line.— Pope.[1913 Webster]