'Sanctified' definitions:

Definition of 'sanctified'

From: WordNet
adjective
Made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use; "a consecrated church"; "the sacred mosque"; "sacred elephants"; "sacred bread and wine"; "sanctified wine" [syn: consecrated, sacred, sanctified]

Definition of 'Sanctified'

From: GCIDE
  • Sanctified \Sanc"ti*fied\, a. Made holy; also, made to have the air of sanctity; sanctimonious. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Sanctified'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.]
  • 1. To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow. [1913 Webster]
  • God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. --Gen. ii. 3. [1913 Webster]
  • Moses . . . sanctified Aaron and his garments. --Lev. viii. 30. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify. [1913 Webster]
  • Sanctify them through thy truth. --John xvii. 17. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety. [1913 Webster]
  • A means which his mercy hath sanctified so to me as to make me repent of that unjust act. --Eikon Basilike. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to. [1913 Webster]
  • The holy man, amazed at what he saw, Made haste to sanctify the bliss by law. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'sanctified'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Sanctified'