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[ sangk-tuh-fahyd ] / ˈsæŋk təˌfaɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sanctified ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivemade holy; consecrated: sanctified wine. sanctimonious: a sickening, sanctified smile. Origin of sanctifiedFirst recorded in 1475–85; sanctify + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM sanctifiedsanc·ti·fi·ed·ly [sangk-tuh-fahy-id-lee], /ˈsæŋk təˌfaɪ ɪd li/, adjectiveun·sanc·ti·fied, adjectiveWords nearby sanctifiedSanchez, Sancho Panza, San Clemente, San Clemente Island, San Cristóbal, sanctified, sanctify, sanctimonious, sanctimony, sanction, sanction mark Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sanctifiedFor decades, maybe centuries (the details are murky), some people in Mexico had been venerating a kind of sanctified death figure. America’s Fastest Growing Death Holiday Is From Mexico|Michael Schulson|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST Youth, beauty, apparent vigour and even the most arguable personal virtues may be sanctified by a sudden and violent death. Three Great Men Died That Day: JFK, C.S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley|John Garth|November 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST But it has never been sanctified, no more than any other human pursuit, from sports to politics. Major League Baseball’s Planned Suspensions Are Already a Bust|David Roth|June 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST Lying to get a date, as Smith and Kozinski correctly suggest, is a sanctified practice in human courtship. In Case of Lies and Free Speech, Supreme Court Skirts Law of Online Dating|Dan Slater|June 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The church has blest and sanctified the family relation as the fundamental element in the structure of human society. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886|Various We hear from a thousand tongues the gospel of Christianized commerce, of sanctified success, of making business a religion. Judges and Ruth|Robert A. Watson But the glory of all, and that which sanctified all, was seated in a low arm-chair near the door. Home Life of Great Authors|Hattie Tyng Griswold And there were occasions too which had been sanctified by political passion. Any events supposed to indicate the activity of spirits, such as birth and death, are likely to be sanctified by taboos. Ethics|John Dewey and James Hayden Tufts
British Dictionary definitions for sanctified
adjectiveconsecrated or made holy a less common word for sanctimonious Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sanctifiedhallowed, divine, consecrated, blessed, anointed, venerated, blest, holy, deific, inviolable, sacrosanct |