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sanctify Definition

sanc·tify (saŋktə fī′)

transitive verb -·fied′, -·fy′·ing

  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

Etymology: ME sanctifien, altered (infl. by L) < OFr saintifier < LL(Ec) sanctificare: see saint & -fy

sanctify Related Forms

sanc′·ti·fi·ca·tion noun sanc·ti·fi′er noun

sanctify Synonyms

sanctify

v.

sanctify Usage Examples

Object

  • grace: For example Cranmer had assumed that man could choose to do good without the aid of sanctifying grace.
  • influence: The faith, which has not a sanctifying influence on the character, is no better than the faith of devils.
  • mean: Do not mistake; do not run into the thought that these ends being worthy ones must sanctify the means employed to reach them.
  • work: The reality of election comes to the elect through the sanctifying work of the Spirit.
  • power: He writes like one who knew the psalmist's heart, and felt in his own soul the sanctifying power of what he wrote.

Modifying Another Word

  • now: He apparently had some light, but what was sacrilege to him, his successors have now sanctified!
  • not: Men are not vicious, but they are not sanctified.
  • also: By which sacrifice, are all the elect of God not only once redeemed, but also sanctified by the same, for ever.
  • truly: You are often asking, " How shall we know that we are truly sanctified?
  • all: How lovely is your dwelling place, O GOD, who sanctifies all.
  • never: The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify.

Subject

  • spirit: It is holy because it is founded on Christ and sanctified by the Spirit.
  • blood: As such they were sanctified by the blood of the sacrifices and burnt offerings.
  • prayer: The Church is sanctified by the prayers of the believers.

Preposition: through

  • offering: HEB 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
  • truth: That they also might be sanctified through the truth.

Preposition: by

  • spirit: It is holy because it is founded on Christ and sanctified by the Spirit.
  • blood: As such they were sanctified by the blood of the sacrifices and burnt offerings.
  • prayer: The Church is sanctified by the prayers of the believers.

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