- To set apart for sacred use; consecrate.
- To make holy; purify.
- To give religious sanction to, as with an oath or vow: sanctify a marriage.
- To give social or moral sanction to.
- To make productive of holiness or spiritual blessing.
[Middle English seintefien, sanctifien, from Old French saintifier, from Late Latin sānctificāre : Latin sānctus, holy, from past participle of sancīre, to consecrate + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]
sanctification sanc'ti·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n.sanctifier sanc'ti·fi'er n.





