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sanctification|ˌsæŋktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən|
[ad. eccl. L. sanctificātion-em, n. of action f. sanctificāre to sanctify; cf. F. sanctification (16th c.; OF. had the semi-popular saintification from the 12th c.).]
1. a. Theol. The action of the Holy Spirit in sanctifying or making holy the believer, by the implanting within him of the Christian graces and the destruction of sinful affections. Also, the condition or process of being so sanctified.
By the majority of theologians sanctification is regarded as a gradual process, not (at least normally) completed in this life. The doctrine of entire sanctification or perfect sanctification (or of Christian perfection: see perfection) is the view, held by some Protestants, that the condition of freedom from sin (though not from ignorance or infirmities) is attainable in the present life.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 215 Whiche be the werkes of our sanctificacyon and glorificacyon. 1582N.T. (Rhem.) 2 Thess. ii. 13 That he hath chosen you..in sanctification of spirit [1611 through sanctification of the spirit; Tindale, etc. sanctifying]. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lvi. §10 That the grace of sanctification and life..might passe from him to his whole race as malediction came from Adam vnto all mankinde. 1616W. Forde Serm. 19 The Prophets were indued with a great measure of sanctification. 1645Ussher Body Div. (1647) 202 The renewing of our nature according to the Image of God, in righteousnesse and true holinesse: which is but begun in this life, and is called Sanctification. 1681–6J. Scott Chr. Life ii. vii. Wks. 1718 I. 370 Another of these ordinary Operations of the Spirit, is Sanctification; which consists in the purifying our Wills and Affections from those wicked Inclinations and inordinate Lusts, which [etc.]. 1754Sherlock Disc. viii. (1755) I. 247 The only sign of Sanctification is Holiness. 1788Wesley Wks. (1872) VI. 509 By sanctification we are saved from the power and root of sin, and restored to the image of God. 1876J. P. Norris Rudim. Theol. i. iii. 65 Sanctification is that growth in holiness through the influence of the Holy Spirit, which must..follow justification.
¶b. nonce-use. ‘Sanctified’ or pious demeanour.
1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) II. 94 [She] was the holiest of all saints, without any parade of sanctification.
2. The action of consecrating or setting apart as holy or for a sacred use or purpose; hallowing.
15..in Burnet Hist. Ref. iii. Rec. xxi. §12 It appeareth also that in the Old Testament, in the ordering of Priests, there was both Visible and Invisible Sanctification. 1550Veron Godly Sayings H vj b, All impletye and vngodlynes, which myght in any wise obscure the sainctycation [sic] of his name, beyng banisshed away [from us]. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxx. §1 The sanctification of dayes and times is a token of that thankfulnesse..which we owe to God. 1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. iii. i. 6 Sanctification is the setting apart of a thinge for a holy or religious vse, in such sort, that thereafter it may be put to no other vse. 1725tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 17th C. i. v. 125 This Prayer [Giving of thanks before Meat] was call'd Sanctification, because if it had not preceded, the eating and drinking were reputed Prophane, but became Holy by this Prayer. 1832W. Palmer Orig. Liturg. I. 165 The liturgy of the Gallican church originally contained always some invocation or prayer to God for the sanctification of the elements.
3. Eccl. The action of making a person a saint; canonization.
1855Milman Lat. Chr. VI. 418 Those honours of Beatification and Sanctification.
4. slang. Blackmail, esp. the extortion of political favours from a diplomat. Cf. sanctify v. 9.
1975Observer (Colour Suppl.) 23 Nov. 25/3 Sanctification, blackmail for the purposes of extracting political favours from a victim, not money. 1977J. Gardner Werewolf Trace x. 87 He told himself to be careful. They were not above trying a bit of sanctification. |