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sanctify

sanc·tify

UK/ˈsæŋk.tɪ.faɪ/ US/ˈsæŋktʌfaɪ/ rare

verb

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make pure or free from sin or guilt

  • “he left the monastery purified”
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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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