sanctify
English Thesaurus
1. make pure or free from sin or guilt (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | alter, change, modify, |
| definition | : | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | lustrate, |
| definition | : | purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials (verb.change) |
2. render holy by means of religious rites (verb.communication)
| hypernym | : | declare, |
| definition | : | state emphatically and authoritatively (verb.communication) |
| hyponym | : | reconsecrate, |
| definition | : | consecrate anew, as after a desecration (verb.communication) |
3. make pure or free from sin or guilt (verb.change)
| derivation | : | purgation, purge, purging, |
| definition | : | the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | purgation, purification, |
| definition | : | a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | sanctification, |
| definition | : | a religious ceremony in which something is made holy (noun.act) |
4. render holy by means of religious rites (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | sanctification, |
| definition | : | a religious ceremony in which something is made holy (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | consecration, |
| definition | : | (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | saint, |
| definition | : | a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization (noun.person) |
5. make pure or free from sin or guilt (verb.change)
| derivation | : | purgation, purge, purging, |
| definition | : | the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | purgation, purification, |
| definition | : | a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | sanctification, |
| definition | : | a religious ceremony in which something is made holy (noun.act) |
6. render holy by means of religious rites (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | sanctification, |
| definition | : | a religious ceremony in which something is made holy (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | consecration, |
| definition | : | (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | saint, |
| definition | : | a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization (noun.person) |
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