sanctified

«sanctified» in Mova's school dictionary: made holy or set apart for God in a religion — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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

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

• 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.