单词	sanctity
释义	sanctitysanc‧ti‧ty /ˈsæŋktəti/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINsanctity Origin: 1300-1400 Old French saincteté, from Latin sanctitas, from sanctus; ➔ SAINT Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Numerous miracles were proof of his sanctity. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS As almost everyone except himself perfectly understood, these fasts were a ruthless exploitation of the power of his own sanctity. For she had learned how difficult it was to uphold the sanctity of human life without alienating women in trouble. He was a Confucian and believed in the worship of spirits and the sanctity of the ancestral land. I will not violate the sanctity of that union! In the great temple of Osiris at Abydos the tangible sense of sanctity has often been noted. Monolithic notions of sanctity reveal a startling reliance on hierarchical thinking. They re-affirmed the sanctity of the family, and the rights of parents and children in the home. What she experienced in her abusive marriage eventually forced her to re-examine Scripture concerning the sanctity of marriage and personhood. word sets WORD SETS► Religion acolyte, nounafterlife, nounagnostic, nounangel, nounanimism, nounanoint, verbapostasy, nounapostate, nounarchangel, nounbelieve, verbbeliever, nounbell-ringer, nounbless, verbblessed, adjectiveblessing, nouncelebrant, nounChristian Science, nouncircumcise, verbcircumcision, nouncommunion, nounconfession, nounconvent, nounconversion, nounconvert, nouncoreligionist, nouncowl, nouncredo, nouncreed, nouncult, noundaemon, nounDecalogue, noundefrock, verbdeism, noundenomination, noundenominational, adjectivedevotee, noundevotion, noundevotional, adjectivedevout, adjectivedivine, adjectivedivinity, noundruid, nounfaith, nounfast day, nounfeast, nounfervour, nounfiesta, nounfollow, verbfrankincense, noungentile, noungod, noungoddess, noungrace, nounhabit, nounhair shirt, nounhallelujah, interjectionhallowed, adjectivehalo, nounheathen, adjectiveheathen, nounheaven, nounheavenly, adjectivehell, nounheresy, nounheretic, nounhermit, nounhermitage, nounheterodox, adjectivehigh priest, nounidol, nounidolatry, nounincarnation, nounincense, nouninfidel, nounintercession, nouninvocation, nouninvoke, verbirreligious, adjective-ism, suffixlayman, nounlaywoman, nounlibation, nounliturgical, adjectiveliturgy, nounmartyr, nounmartyr, verbmeditate, verbmeditation, nounmission, nounmonastery, nounmonastic, adjectivemonk, nounmonotheism, nounMoonie, nounMormon, nounMosaic, adjectivemystery play, nounmystic, nounmystical, adjectivemysticism, nounneophyte, nounnovice, nounnovitiate, nounnuminous, adjectivenun, nounnunnery, nounoblation, nounobservance, nounoffering, nounOlympian, adjectiveordain, verborder, nounorthodox, adjectiveotherworldly, adjectivepagan, adjectivepagan, nounpantheism, nounpantheon, nounParsee, nounpilgrim, nounpilgrimage, nounpious, adjectivepluralism, nounpolytheism, nounpractise, verbpray, verbprayer, nounprayer wheel, nounpreach, verbpreacher, nounpriest, nounpriestess, nounpriesthood, nounpriestly, adjectiveprophet, nounprophetess, nounpurify, verbRasta, nounRastafarian, nounRastaman, nounRE, nounrecant, verbreincarnation, nounreligious, adjectivereligiously, adverbreliquary, nounrepent, verbretreat, nounrevelation, nounrevivalism, nounrite, nounritual, nounsacred, adjectivesacrifice, nounsacrifice, verbsacrificial, adjectivesanctify, verbsanctity, nounsanctuary, nounsanctum, nounsatanism, nounscripture, nounsect, nounsectarian, adjectiveservice, nounshaman, nounShinto, nounshrine, nounsin, nounsin, verbsinful, adjectivesinner, nounsoul, nounspirit, nounspiritual, adjectivespiritualism, nounspirituality, nounSr, sun god, nounsuppliant, nounsupplicant, nounsupplication, nounSupreme Being, nounTao, nounTaoism, nountemple, nountenet, nounthanksgiving, nountheism, nountheo-, prefixtheocracy, nountheologian, nountheological college, nountheology, nountonsure, nountranscendental, adjectivetranscendental meditation, nountransmigration, noununbelief, noununbeliever, nounungodly, adjectiveunholy, adjectiveunorthodox, adjectivevisionary, nounvoodoo, nounvotary, nounworship, verbworship, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the sanctity of marriage formal (=marriage seen as something that is very important and must be preserved and respected) Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the sanctity of life/marriage etc The argument based on the sanctity of life is essentially a matter of religious dogma. Their outlook on the sanctity of marriage is usually stricter. This man who believed in the sanctity of life, its life, not hers. What she experienced in her abusive marriage eventually forced her to re-examine Scripture concerning the sanctity of marriage and personhood. 1the sanctity of life/marriage etc the quality that makes life, marriage etc so important that it must be respected and preserved:  the sanctity of the Constitution2formal the holy or religious character of a person or place → sacred:  an aura of sanctity
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