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sanctified

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sanctified \Sanc"ti*fied\, a.
   Made holy; also, made to have the air of sanctity;
   sanctimonious.

Sanctify \Sanc"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sanctified}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Sanctifying}.] [F. sanctifier, L. sanctificare;
   sanctus holy + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Saint}, and
   {-fy}.]
   1. To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or
      religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to
      hallow.

            God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it.
                                                  --Gen. ii. 3.

            Moses . . . sanctified Aaron and his garments.
                                                  --Lev. viii.
                                                  30.

   2. To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption
      and pollution; to purify.

            Sanctify them through thy truth.      --John xvii.
                                                  17.

   3. To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render
      productive of holiness or piety.

            A means which his mercy hath sanctified so to me as
            to make me repent of that unjust act. --Eikon
                                                  Basilike.

   4. To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness,
      inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the
      like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to.

            The holy man, amazed at what he saw, Made haste to
            sanctify the bliss by law.            --Dryden.

            Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line. --Pope.

Source : WordNet®

sanctified
     adj : made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity
           or some religious ceremony or use; "a consecrated
           chursh"; "the sacred mosque"; "sacred elephants";
           "sacred bread and wine"; "sanctified wine" [syn: {consecrated},
            {sacred}]

sanctify
     v 1: render holy by means of religious rites [syn: {consecrate},
          {bless}, {hallow}] [ant: {desecrate}]
     2: make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery
        purified" [syn: {purify}, {purge}]
     [also: {sanctified}]

sanctified
     See {sanctify}
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