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adjective

Definition of sanctifiednext
as in holy
set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God a sanctified site where the faithful believe that a young girl had visions of the Virgin Mary

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sanctified

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verb

past tense of sanctify
1
as in purged
to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially received the sacrament of penance, whereby they were sanctified and restored to divine grace

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as in blessed
to make holy through prayers or ritual sanctify the bread for Communion

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanctified
  1. holy
  2. purged
  3. blessed
  4. sacred
  5. consecrated
Adjective
  • On social media, the holy grail of Frye boot finds are the pairs that have been passed down over generations.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2024
  • In Hollywood's relentless pursuit of reliable box office returns, pre-existing intellectual property has become the holy grail.
    Damion Taylor, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of holy
Verb
  • The statute of limitations for rape at the time was six years, so the evidence was purged.
    Stephanie Warsmith and Paula Schleis, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
  • The board had targeted more than 100 books to be purged but only about eight were eliminated.
    Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
Definition of purged
Verb
  • This man needs to accept that he’s been blessed with five beautiful and healthy children, thank his lucky stars and stop being selfish.
    Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • In the hands of those blessed or cursed with the urge to sculpt plants, a topiary develops character.
    Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of blessed
Adjective
  • Torii gates are iconic structures that mark the boundary between the everyday and the sacred at Shinto shrines across Japan.
    Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Russia has also breached a sacred tenet of nuclear security by launching attacks against Ukraine from military bases that store nuclear warheads, thus making those bases a legitimate target for counteroffensives.
    William M. Moon, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of sacred
Adjective
  • As eye-catching as the 2025 slate of films from consecrated Catalan filmmakers is, the number of titles that will come from first-time feature directors is equally impressive.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Normally, many directors attend San Sebastian with their latest films, but the number of titles from consecrated directors at this year’s festival has increased noticeably.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
Definition of consecrated
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