sanctify
Collocations
3ADJ.
alone, enough, fellow, good
VERB + SANCTIFY
mount
SANCTIFY + NOUN
hour
Definitions
verb
To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
To free from sin; to purify.
And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.
To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
To endorse with religious sanction.
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6And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
WiktionaryAnd such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
WiktionaryHusbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.
WiktionaryI am too alone in the world, and yet not alone enough to sanctify every hour...
Tatoeba · #6157712And Moses said to the Lord: The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai: for thou didst charge, and command, saying: Set limits about the mount, and sanctify it.
Tatoeba · #8084452Wars, conflict, it's all business. One murder makes a villain. Millions a hero. Numbers sanctify, my good fellow.
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