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sanctify, v.|ˈsæŋktɪfaɪ|
Forms: 4 seintefie, 5 seintifie, sayntifie, -efy, (6 santifye, -yfy); 5 saynctyfy, 6 sainctify; 5–7 sanctifie, 5–6 sanctyfy, 6– sanctify.
[ME. seintefie, etc., later (after Latin) sanctifie, a. OF. saintifier (12th c.), sant-, sanctifier, etc., ad. eccl. L. sanctificāre to make holy or treat as holy, to sanctify, consecrate, dedicate, f. L. sanctus holy: see -fy.]
†1. trans. To set apart religiously for an office or function; to consecrate (a king, etc.). Obs.
1390Gower Conf. III. 234 Bot yit a kinges hihe astat, Which of his ordre as a prelat Schal ben enoignt and seintefied. 1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) v. vi. 99 He hath blessyd and saynctyfyed a newe precious plante that is comen of theyr lyne and descendyd fro the stock of dauyd. 1526Tindale John x. 36 Saye ye then to hym, whom the father hath sanctified [ἡγίασε], and sent into the worlde: Thou blasphemest..? 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iv. v. 115 Let all the Teares, that should bedew my Hearse Be drops of Balme, to sanctifie thy head. 1660Jer. Taylor Worthy Commun. i. §3. 59 Thus God sanctified Aaron.
†2. To canonize, make a saint of. Obs.
1390Gower Conf. III. 317 The feste and the profession..Was mad with gret solempnete, Where as Diane is seintefied. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 427/1 Saint yues was borne in litel britayn..and was reuelyd to his moder in hyr slepe that he shold be sayntefyed. 1529[implied in sanctifying vbl. n.]. 1631Weever Anc. Funeral Mon. 271 Sanctifying such as did..build them houses.
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a. To honour as holy; to ascribe holiness to; = hallow v.1 3. Obs.
c1450Lovelich Grail xvi. 292 And Alle the tothere gonnen forth to gon, Cristes Name to sanctefien Anon. 1477Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 35 Pitagoras saide that it is..a noble thing to serue god, & to sayntifie his sainctes to dispreyse the world [etc.]. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 171 Sanctificetur nomen tuum: that is, Sanctifyed be thy name. 1526Tindale 1 Pet. iii. 15 Sanctifie the lorde god in youre hertes. 1582N.T. (Rhem.) Matt. vi. 9 Ovr father which art in heauen, sanctified be thy name [other versions hallowed]. 1601Shakes. All's Well iii. iv. 11 Whilst I from farre, His name with zealous feruour sanctifie.
b. To manifest (God, his might, etc.) as holy.
1535Coverdale Num. xx. 13 This is y⊇ water of strife, where the children of Israel stroue with the Lorde and he was sanctified vpon them [1611 he was sanctified in them]. 1567Gude & Godlie Ball. (S.T.S.) 116 In all his wayis the Lord is just and rycht, In all his warkis is sanctifyit his mycht. 1611Bible Ezek. xxxvi. 23 And I will sanctifie my great Name which was prophaned among the heathen,..and the heathen shall know, that I am the Lord,..when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
4. a. To consecrate (a thing); to set apart as holy or sacred.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 260 b/2 The ayer and the heuen were puryfyed by thassumpcion of the sowle..and the water was sayntyfyed by the wasshyng of the body. 1530Tindale Prol. Exod., Sanctefie, to clense and purifie, to apointe a thinge vnto holie vses and to seperate from vnclene and unholye vses. 1535Coverdale Gen. ii. 3 And [God] blessed the seuenth daye, & sanctified it. a1548Hall Chron., Edw. V 8 b, Which ground was sanctifyed by Sainct Peter him selfe. 1832W. Palmer Orig. Liturg. I. 162 A verbal oblation of the bread and wine, and an invocation of God to send his holy Spirit to sanctify them into the sacraments of Christ's body and blood. 1899W. M. Ramsay in Expositor Nov. 437 The new moon was then declared and sanctified, even though it had not actually been seen and reported by any witnesses.
b. To keep (a day, etc.) holy; to keep or observe as holy. = hallow v.1 4.
1604R. Cawdrey Table Alph., Sanctifie, to make holie, hallowe, or keepe holy. 1709Abp. Sharp Serm. (1754) I. ix. 241 Those men have little or no sense of religion, that make no conscience of sanctifying that day, or that put no difference between it and other days. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Sanctification, By sanctifying the sabbath, is meant, the spending it in prayer, praise, &c. not in worldly concerns.
5. a. To make (a person) holy, to purify or free from sin; to cause to undergo sanctification.
1526Tindale 1 Cor. vi. 11 Ye are wesshed: ye are sanctified: ye are iustified [etc.]. 1530Palsgr. 697/2, I santifye, I halowe, or make holye, je sanctifie... We rede in Scripture that some have ben sanctyfyed in their mothers wombes. 1548–9(Mar.) Bk. Com. Prayer, Catechism, God the holy goste, who sanctifyeth me. 1651Hobbes Leviath. iii. xxxv. 220 The Elect in the New Testament were said to bee sanctified. 1711Addison Spect. No. 257 ⁋8 What Actions can express the entire Purity of Thought which refines and sanctifies a virtuous Man? 1865R. W. Dale Jew. Temple iii. (1877) 38 It is still true that we need the power of the Holy Ghost to sanctify our hearts.
absol.1531Frith Judgem. Tracy Wks. (1573) 78/2 S. Paule committeth the power of sanctifying to Christ only. Heb. 2. 1841Myers Cath. Th. iv. §2. 185 All truth ennobles, and some sanctifies.
b. Chiefly in the Old Testament: To free from ceremonial impurity.
a1500in Tundale's Visions (1843) 128 Sche of prest halowed and sanctyfyed Retowrned hom all fully puryfyed. 1535Coverdale Exod. xix. 10 Go vnto the people, and sanctifie them today and tomorrow, yt they maye wash their clothes, and be ready agaynst the thirde daye. 1535― Num. xi. 18 Vnto y⊇ people thou shalt saye: Sanctifye youre selues agaynst tomorow, yt ye maye eate flesh. 1611Bible Josh. iii. 5.
6. To render holy, impart sanctity to (a thing, quality, action or condition); to render legitimate or binding by a religious sanction.
1402Quixley Ball. xi. in Yorksh. Arch. Jrnl. (1908) XX. 45 A wedloke suche was neuer gracieuse, Where god lyst not it to senitifie [sic]. 1526Tindale 1 Tim. iv. 5 For all the creatures of God are good: and nothynge to be refused, yff it be receaved with thankes gevynge: For it is sanctified by the worde of god and prayer. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iv. iv. 4 Wee will our Youth lead on to higher Fields, And draw no Swords, but what are sanctify'd. 1700Dryden Sigism. & Guisc. 164 That holy Man, amaz'd at what he saw, Made haste to sanctifie the Bliss by Law. 1718Pope Iliad ix. 223 Yet, more to sanctify the word you send, Let Hodius and Eurybates attend. 1812J. Wilson Isle of Palms iii. 103 The Island Queen becomes thy bride And God and Nature sanctify the vow. 1863Kinglake Crimea (1876) I. iv. 60 Ambition was sanctified by Religion. 1868M. Pattison Academ. Org. v. 320 The Puritans of a former age imagined, that by the employment of Scripture phraseology they sanctified common conversation. 1872E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 207 The Church could neither make nor unmake a king, she could only sanctify his election by her benediction.
7. transf. To impart real or apparent sacredness to; to entitle to reverence or respect; to give a colour of morality or innocence to; to justify, sanction. Now rare or Obs.
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iii. ii. 190 As true as Troylus, shall crowne vp the Verse, And sanctifie the numbers. 1701Rowe Amb. Step-Moth. i. i. 179 Thy function too will varnish o're our Arts And sanctifie dissembling. 1738Pope Epil. Sat. ii. 246 Truth guards the Poet, sanctifies the line. 1749Johnson Irene iii. viii, Be virtuous Ends pursued by virtuous Means, Nor think th' Intention sanctifies the Deed. 1774Burke Amer. Tax. Sel. Wks. I. 109 Does not this Letter adopt and sanctify the American distinction of taxing for a revenue? 18..Bentham Draught of Code Wks. 1843 IV. 380 Custom, which sanctifies all absurdities. 1817Jas. Mill Brit. Ind. II. v. vii. 607 If under such circumstances as these a zeal for the Government which he served could sanctify his actions, then may Jefferies be regarded as a virtuous judge. 1818Scott Let. to Joanna Baillie Dec. in Lockhart, So let the intention sanctify the error, if there should be one. 1865Kingsley Herew. xxx, And he argued stoutly with St. Peter and with his own conscience, that the means sanctify the end, and that he had done it all for the best.
8. ‘To make a means of holiness’ (J.); to render productive of or conducive to holiness or spiritual blessing.
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lx. §5 The vertues which sanctified those sufferings and made them pretious in Gods sight. 1648Eikon Bas. ii. 8 Those Judgments God hath pleased to send upon Mee, are..a means (I hope) which his mercie hath sanctified so to Mee, as to make Mee repent of that unjust Act. 1662Bk. Com. Prayer, Visit. Sick, Sanctifie, we beseech thee, this thy fatherly correction to him. 1758S. Hayward Serm. i. 8 Sufferings..are sanctified and made a means of preparing for heaven. 1802Gouv. Morris in Sparks Life & Writ. (1832) III. 160 They have made peace, and may the Lord sanctify it to them.
9. slang. To blackmail (a person), esp. for the purposes of extracting political favours. Cf. sanctification 4.
1977J. Gardner Werewolf Trace vii. 71 Can't you sanctify him, or give him a dose of measles? Isn't that how you people talk about blackmail and murder? Ibid. xiv. 127 They've sanctified Maubert... It's what they call it. They've made him holy, separated him. Blackmailed him. |