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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
  • As with any good Southern tradition, part of what makes football season so holy is the food.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The collection spans categories like body care — Bath & Body Works’ holy grail — home decor, candles, and beyond, with prices starting at $1.95.
    Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of holy
Verb
  • And kind of purged the people around us that kind of always tried to drive wedges for petty little gains.
    Jim Ryan, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Late last month, Xi purged one of his closest proteges in the military – a decades-old associate entrusted with instilling political loyalty in the PLA and vetting senior promotions.
    Nectar Gan, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of purged
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  • An ordinary guy like me can be blessed with an extraordinary opportunity like this.
    Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Tatum said he has been blessed to play under Stevens, Udoka and Mazzulla.
    Jay King, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of blessed
Adjective
  • Now, entering the start of a new Trump administration, our political and economic realities have changed, and so has New York’s sacred task.
    John Raskin, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Like the kamikaze pilots in the same story, whose deaths lost their sacred meaning once Emperor Hirohito renounced his divinity after the war, the plotters in 1936 worshipped not a man but a deity.
    Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of sacred
Adjective
  • However, the oil miraculously burned for eight days until new consecrated oil could be found.
    Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024
  • That was the most moving moment of the day for Marie Capucine, 37, a consecrated virgin representing her Parisian parish of Saint Germain des Prés at the reopening.
    THOMAS ADAMSON AND SYLVIE CORBET THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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