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sanctity definition

sanc·tity (saŋk′tə tē)

noun pl. sanctities -·ties

  1. saintliness or holiness
  2. the fact of being sacred or inviolable
  3. anything held sacred

Etymology: L sanctitas < sanctus (see saint) + -itas, -ity

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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