英语词汇“sanctify”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sanc·ti·fy

(săngktə-fī′)

tr.v. sanc·ti·fied, sanc·ti·fy·ing, sanc·ti·fies

1. To set apart for sacred use; consecrate: The preacher sanctified the ground as a cemetery.

2. To make holy; purify: They felt the spirit had descended and sanctified their hearts. They sanctified the body with holy oil.

3. To give religious sanction to, as with an oath or vow: The wedding ceremony sanctifies the marriage.

4. To give social or moral sanction to: "The only books I wanted to read as a teenager were those sanctified by my elders and betters" (David Eggers).

[Middle English seintefien, sanctifien, from Old French saintifier, from Late Latin sānctificāre : Latin sānctus, holy, from past participle of sancīre, to consecrate; see sak- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]

sanc′ti·fi·cation (-fĭ-kāshən) n.

sancti·fi′er n.

单词	sanctify
释义	sanc·ti·fy (săngktə-fī′) tr.v. sanc·ti·fied, sanc·ti·fy·ing, sanc·ti·fies 1. To set apart for sacred use; consecrate: The preacher sanctified the ground as a cemetery. 2. To make holy; purify: They felt the spirit had descended and sanctified their hearts. They sanctified the body with holy oil. 3. To give religious sanction to, as with an oath or vow: The wedding ceremony sanctifies the marriage. 4. To give social or moral sanction to: "The only books I wanted to read as a teenager were those sanctified by my elders and betters" (David Eggers). [Middle English seintefien, sanctifien, from Old French saintifier, from Late Latin sānctificāre : Latin sānctus, holy, from past participle of sancīre, to consecrate; see sak- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + Latin -ficāre, -fy.] sanc′ti·fi·cation (-fĭ-kāshən) n. sancti·fi′er n.
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