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Sanctitude

Sanctitude \Sanc"ti*tude\, n. [L. sanctitudo.] Holiness; sacredness; sanctity. [R.]
--Milton.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
sanctitude

mid-15c., from Latin sanctitudinem (nominative sanctitudo) "sacredness," from sanctus "holy" (see saint (n.)).

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sanctitude

n. holiness; sacredness; sanctity

Usage examples of "sanctitude".

You should have secured a mount less apt to unpredictable action, or upon learning of the sanctitude of the common, you should have considered such a contingency as even now occurred, and therefore dismounted, leading your beast.

Thus, the Outside may be better than our Inside, and perhaps the sanctitude of the forest itself is empty talk!

He knew what it was, but he turned around anyway, pleased to focus on the sanctitude of the moment, pleased to find a reason to chase demon thoughts from awareness.