sanctify

sanctify is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.
2. transitive verb. To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify.
3. transitive verb. To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.
4. transitive verb. To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to.
5. verb. make pure or free from sin or guilt

   "he left the monastery purified"

   Synonyms: purge, purify

6. verb. render holy by means of religious rites

   Synonyms: bless, consecrate, hallow

Synonyms

purge, purify, bless, consecrate, hallow

Common word forms

sanctified, sanctifier, sanctifies, sanctifying

Words from these letters

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