sanctify
verbUK, US /ˈsæŋk.tɪ.faɪ/
Etymology From Anglo-Norman seintefier, from Old French saintefier, from Late Latin sānctificō, from Latin sānctus (“holy”) + faciō (“do, make”). Form altered to conform with Latin.
1
To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
- 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, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 2:3:
2
To free from sin; to purify.
- 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, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 6:11:
- 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, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ephesians 5:25-26:
3
To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
- 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, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Timothy 4:4-5:
4
To endorse with religious sanction.
- Synonyms
- consecrate, hallow, cleanse, purify
- Antonyms
- profane
- Derived terms
- desanctify, resanctify, sanctifiable, sanctifyingly, unsanctifiable, unsanctify
- Related terms
- sanctification, sanctifier