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as in consecration
the act of making something holy through religious ritual
the sacred site required another sanctification after it had been defiled by the invaders
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as in purification
the act or fact of freeing from sin or moral guilt
the Christian belief that the suffering and death of Jesus was responsible for the sanctification of all humankind
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Recent Examples of sanctification
But Ii her death allows for her sanctification, the film doesn’t quite know how to represent her life.
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Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
This sanctification was a crucial step in including medicine as its own advanced degree program at the first universities that were established around 1200 in Europe.
—Meg Leja, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2023
Doing so is not a violation but a sanctification of Shabbat.
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Sep. 2021
There is so much sanctification that goes on in the wake of somebody’s death where people want to put him on a pedestal.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 15 July 2021
Needless to say, the sanctification of a culture of long hours means the law is flouted, particularly in industries such as technology.
—Enrique Dans, Forbes, 15 June 2021
The sanctification of Kamala Harris over the last week is just another indication of the corruption of the mainstream media and the importance of credible voices pushing back.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 15 Aug. 2020
To Etty, the sanctification of life meant pouring every drop of energy into the community.
—Elizabeth Svoboda, Longreads, 30 Apr. 2020
In the ‘high church of style’ cables are ritually cut and their very absence is a symbol of sanctification.
—Virginia Postrel, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2013
Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
This sanctification was a crucial step in including medicine as its own advanced degree program at the first universities that were established around 1200 in Europe.
—Meg Leja, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2023
Doing so is not a violation but a sanctification of Shabbat.
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Sep. 2021
There is so much sanctification that goes on in the wake of somebody’s death where people want to put him on a pedestal.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 15 July 2021
Needless to say, the sanctification of a culture of long hours means the law is flouted, particularly in industries such as technology.
—Enrique Dans, Forbes, 15 June 2021
The sanctification of Kamala Harris over the last week is just another indication of the corruption of the mainstream media and the importance of credible voices pushing back.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 15 Aug. 2020
To Etty, the sanctification of life meant pouring every drop of energy into the community.
—Elizabeth Svoboda, Longreads, 30 Apr. 2020
In the ‘high church of style’ cables are ritually cut and their very absence is a symbol of sanctification.
—Virginia Postrel, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2013
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanctification
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The consecration, involving holy water, chrism oil, incense and prayer, transforms the altar into a sacred centerpiece of the cathedral.THOMAS ADAMSON AND SYLVIE CORBET THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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Ulrich after the consecration of the new main altar.Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Keeping indoor spaces well-ventilated with air purification: This can include using a HEPA (High Efficiency Particle Arresting) filter to remove harmful particles from the air.Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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Data cleaning goes by many names—including data scrubbing, data purification, data refinement and data validation—all of which refer to the process of preparing data for analysis by identifying and correcting errors, inconsistencies and irrelevant or redundant information.John Case, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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While recent albums from Dua Lipa, Grande and Lorde treated self-care and introspection as a kind of therapeutic salvation, Charli shifted hard into goblin mode, unfurling a litany of barely euphemistic drug references and proudly owning her messiest contradictions.Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Their salvation may come in the form of a con artist.Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Sanctification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanctification. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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