sanctified
part of speech
adjective (sanctified); past form of the verb sanctify (sanctify, sanctifies, sanctified, sanctifying)
meaning for a pupil
1) Sanctified means made holy or set apart for God in a religion. tree →
2) (formal) Sanctified means made acceptable or approved, often by a long custom. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Tradition says that to sanctify is to separate something for God's service. Kiddush, the blessing over wine, "sanctifies" the Shabbat and holidays. In the primary lessons: In religious education and in old stories: a sanctified place, sanctified by a priest. In formal writing: «sanctified by tradition». A rare, formal word.
examples
- And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them. (Torah LEV.8.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments. (Torah EXO.19.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- And there I will meet with the children of Israel; and the Tent shall be sanctified by My glory. (Torah EXO.29.43, JPS 1917) tree →
- But the LORD of hosts is exalted through justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified through righteousness. (Prophets ISA.5.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel. (Writings 1CH.15.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. (Writings 2CH.30.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- The church was sanctified by the bishop. tree →
- The ground around the old chapel was sanctified. tree →
- The custom was sanctified by long tradition. tree →
- In the story, the water was sanctified by a holy man. tree →
- Some people believe the old well is sanctified. tree →
- On St. George's Day in spring, April 23, the fields are sanctified by a church service, at the end of which they are sprinkled with holy water. tree →
note
Formal, rare; linked to «saint» and «sanctuary». The y of sanctify changes to i: sanctifies, sanctified.
In the corpora
- And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments.
- And there I will meet with the children of Israel; and the Tent shall be sanctified by My glory.
- And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.
- These are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and He was sanctified in them.
- But the LORD of hosts is exalted through justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified through righteousness.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sanctified» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.