English-Thai Dictionary

sanctity

N ความ เป็น ที่ สักการะ  ความ ศักดิ์สิทธิ์  sanctification sacredness kwam-pen-ti-sak-ka-ra

 

sanctity

N สิ่งศักดิ์สิทธิ์  สิ่ง สักการะ  sing-sak-sid

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SANCTITY

n.[L. sanctitas. ] 1. Holiness; state of being sacred or holy. God attributes no sanctity to place.
2. Goodness; purity; godliness; as the sanctity of love; sanctity of manners.
3. Sacredness; solemnity; as the sanctity of an oath.
4. A saint or holy being.
About him all the sanctities of heav'n - [Unusual. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SANCTITY

Sanc "ti *ty, n.; pl. Sanctities. Etym: [L. sanctitas, from sanctus holy. See Saint. ]

 

1. The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness. To sanctity she made no pretense, and, indeed, narrowly escaped the imputation of irreligion. Macaulay.

 

2. Sacredness; solemnity; inviolability; religious binding force; as, the sanctity of an oath.

 

3. A saint or holy being. [R.] About him all the sanctities of heaven. Milton.

 

Syn. -- Holiness; godliness; piety; devotion; goodness; purity; religiousness; sacredness; solemnity. See the Note under Religion.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sanctity

sanc ti ty |ˈsaNG (k )titē ˈsæŋ (k )tədi | ▶noun ( pl. sanctities ) the state or quality of being holy, sacred, or saintly: the site of the tomb was a place of sanctity for the ancient Egyptians. • ultimate importance and inviolability: the sanctity of human life. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘saintliness ’): from Old French sainctite, reinforced by Latin sanctitas, from sanctus ‘holy. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

sanctity

sanc |tity |ˈsaŋ (k )tɪti | ▶noun ( pl. sanctities ) [ mass noun ] 1 the state or quality of being holy, sacred, or saintly: the site of the tomb was a place of sanctity for the ancient Egyptians. 2 ultimate importance and inviolability: the sanctity of human life. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘saintliness ’): from Old French sainctite, reinforced by Latin sanctitas, from sanctus ‘holy ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sanctity

sanctity noun 1 the sanctity of St. Francis: holiness, godliness, blessedness, saintliness, spirituality, piety, piousness, devoutness, righteousness, goodness, virtue, purity; formal sanctitude. 2 the sanctity of the family meal: inviolability; importance, paramountcy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sanctity

sanctity noun 1 few could attain the sanctity of St Francis: holiness, godliness, sacredness, blessedness, saintliness, sanctitude, spirituality, piety, piousness, devoutness, devotion, righteousness, goodness, virtue, virtuousness, purity. ANTONYMS wickedness. 2 gone is the sanctity of the family meal: sacrosanctity, ultimate importance, inviolability; rare paramountcy.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sanctity

sanc ti ty /sǽŋ (k )təti /名詞 複 -ties ｟かたく ｠1 U 神聖さ, 尊厳 .2 〖-ties 〗神聖なもの ; (家庭などでの )神聖な義務 [勤め ].