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sanctify

transitive verb sanctified, sanctifying

  1. to make holy; specif.,
    1. to set apart as holy; consecrate
    2. to make free from sin; purify
  2. to make binding or inviolable by a religious sanction
  3. to make productive of spiritual blessing
  4. to make seem morally right or binding: a practice sanctified by custom

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