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10 words match “SANCTIFY”

SANCTIFY v. 4 definitions
To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify. Sanctify them through thy truth. John xvii. 17.
SANCTIFYINGLY adv.
In a manner or degree tending to sanctify or make holy.
BAPTIZE v.
To sanctify; to consecrate.
ORNATE v.
To adorn; to honor. [R.] They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. Latimer.
SAIN v.
To sanctify; to bless so as to protect from evil influence. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
SANCTIFICATE v.
To sanctify. [Obs.] Barrow.
SANCTIFICATION n.
The act of sanctifying or making holy; the being sanctified or made holy; esp. (Theol.), the act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to, a supreme love to God; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified. God hath from the baginning chose…
TRUTH n.
Righteousness; true religion. Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. John i. 17. Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth. John xvii. 17. In truth, in reality; in fact. -- Of a truth, in reality; certainly. -- To do truth, to practice what God commands. He that doeth truth cometh to the light. John iii. 21.…
UNCTION n.
Divine or sanctifying grace. [R.]
VENIAL a.
ed." Milton. Venial sin (R. C. Theol.), a sin which weakens, but does not wholly destroy, sanctifying grace, as do mortal, or deadly, sins. -- Ve"ni*al*ly, adv. -- Ve"ni*al*ness, n. Bp. Hall.