Sanctity is the holiness or sacred state of something important.
(noun)An example of sanctity is the importance of marriage, or the “sanctity of marriage.”
See sanctity in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. sanctities
Origin: L sanctitas < sanctus (see saint) + -itas, -ity
See sanctity in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. sanc·ti·ties
Origin:
Origin: Middle English saunctite
Origin: , from Old French sainctite
Origin: , from Latin sānctitās
Origin: , from sānctus, sacred; see sanctify
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