Sanctify - English meaning

Sanctify – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Set apart as or declare holy; consecrate.
Usage examples:
A small shrine was built to sanctify the site
Synonims:
Consecrate Make holy Make sacred Bless Hallow Set apart Dedicate to god Anoint Ordain Canonize Beatify

Sanctify translation into English

Sanctify: translate from English into Chinese

成圣, 湔, 圣化

Sanctify: translate from English into Dutch

Heiligen, Wijden, Heilig maken

Sanctify: translate from English into French

Sanctifier

Sanctify: translate from English into German

Heiligen, Weihen, Sanktionieren, Annehmen

Sanctify: translate from English into Hindi

पवित्रा, पवित्र करना, पाप धोना, पाप से मुक्त करना, शुद्ध करना, पूरा करना, आज्ञा देना, शुद्धता प्रदान करना

Sanctify: translate from English into Italian

Santificare, Consacrare

Sanctify: translate from English into Korean

거룩하게 하다, 신성하게 하다, 죄를 깨끗이 하다, 정당화하다

Sanctify: translate from English into Russian

Освятить, Освящать, Посвящать, Санкционировать, Очищать от греха, Очищать от порока

Sanctify: translate from English into Spanish

Santificar, Consagrar, Venerar

Word origin

late Middle English: from Old French saintifier (influenced later by sanctifier ), from ecclesiastical Latin sanctificare, from Latin sanctus ‘holy’.

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Sanctify synonims

anoint

verb
Smear or rub with oil, typically as part of a religious ceremony.
Usage examples:
High priests were anointed with oil

Anoint - all meanings in English

beatify

verb
(in the roman catholic church) announce the beatification of.
Usage examples:
He beatified juan diego, an indian believed to have had a vision of the virgin mary in 1531

verb
To announce formally in the roman catholic church that someone who is dead has lived a holy life, usually as the first stage in making that person a saint
Usage examples:
He beatifies his first wife while celebrating his own extra-marital affairs.

Beatify - all meanings in English

bless

verb
Pronounce words in a religious rite in order to confer or invoke divine favour upon; ask god to look favourably on.
Usage examples:
He blessed the dying man and anointed him

Bless - all meanings in English

canonize

verb
(in the roman catholic church) officially declare (a dead person) to be a saint.
Usage examples:
He was the last english saint to be canonized prior to the reformation

verb
(in the roman catholic church) to announce officially that a dead person is a saint
Usage examples:
In guatemala, the pope canonized pedro de san jose de betancurt, central america's first saint., jo…

Canonize - all meanings in English

consecrate

verb
Make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred; dedicate formally to a religious purpose.
Usage examples:
The present holy trinity church was consecrated in 1845

verb
To officially make something holy and suitable to be used for religious ceremonies
Usage examples:
The church was completed and consecrated in the 1890s., consecrated ground

Consecrate - all meanings in English

hallow

verb
Honour as holy.
Usage examples:
The ganges is hallowed as a sacred, cleansing river

noun
A saint or holy person.

verb
To give something great importance and respect, often because it is very old
Usage examples:
Methods that have been hallowed by centuries of use, the bread and wine has been hallowed by being …

Hallow - all meanings in English

ordain

verb
Make (someone) a priest or minister; confer holy orders on.
Usage examples:
He was ordained a minister before entering parliament

verb
To make someone officially a priest, minister, or rabbi in a religious ceremony

Ordain - all meanings in English

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