The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness. To sanctity she made no pretense, and, indeed, narrowly escaped the imputation of irreligion. Macaulay.
Sacredness; solemnity; inviolability; religious binding force; as, the sanctity of an oath.
A saint or holy being. [R.] About him all the sanctities of heaven. Milton.
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