The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sanctify \Sanc"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sanctified; p. pr. & vb. n. Sanctifying.] [F. sanctifier, L. sanctificare; sanctus holy + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Saint, and -fy.]
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To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.
God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it.
--Gen. ii. 3.Moses . . . sanctified Aaron and his garments.
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To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify.
Sanctify them through thy truth.
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To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.
A means which his mercy hath sanctified so to me as to make me repent of that unjust act.
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To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to.
The holy man, amazed at what he saw, Made haste to sanctify the bliss by law.
--Dryden.Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line.
--Pope.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of sanctify English)
Usage examples of "sanctifying".
As sanctifying grace is ordained to meritorious acts both interior and exterior, so likewise gratuitous grace is ordained to certain exterior acts manifestive of the faith, as the working of miracles, and the like.
For it acquired then the actual holiness of a victim, from the charity which it had from the beginning, and from the grace of union sanctifying it absolutely.
Consequently, in the first instant of His conception, Christ had the fulness of grace sanctifying His body and His soul.
Since a sacrament signifies that which sanctifies, it must needs signify the effect, which is implied in the sanctifying cause as such.
It cannot be said that the sacraments of the Old Law conferred sanctifying grace of themselves, i.
And the child acquires a good conscience in himself, not indeed as to the act, but as to the habit, by sanctifying grace.
Objection 1: It seems that circumcision did not bestow sanctifying grace.
Objection 1: It seems that sanctifying grace is not bestowed in this sacrament.
Further, sinners especially need sanctifying grace, by which alone can they be justified.
If, therefore, sanctifying grace is bestowed in this sacrament, it seems that it should be given to those who are in sin.
Further, there can only be one species of sanctifying grace, since it is ordained to one effect.
Since, therefore, man receives sanctifying grace in Baptism, it seems that sanctifying grace is not bestowed in Confirmation, which is given to none but the baptized.
Consequently it is evident that sanctifying grace is bestowed in this sacrament.
Therefore sanctifying grace is given not only for the remission of sin, but also for growth and stability in righteousness.
Consequently, the sacrament of the Eucharist is completed in the very consecration of the matter, whereas the other sacraments are completed in the application of the matter for the sanctifying of the individual.