sanctify.
To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
Meaning & usage
To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
To free from sin; to purify.
To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
To endorse with religious sanction.
Where this word comes from
From Anglo-Norman seintefier, from Old French saintefier, from Late Latin sānctificō, from Latin sānctus (“holy”) + faciō (“do, make”). Form altered to conform with Latin.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.