English-Thai Dictionary

sanctify

VT ทำให้ พ้น บาป  ทำให้ บริสุทธิ์  tam-hai-pon-bab

 

sanctify

VT ทำให้ ยุติธรรม  tam-hai-yu-ti-tam

 

sanctify

VT ทำให้ ศักดิ์สิทธิ์  tam-hai-sad-sid

 

sanctify

VT อวยพร  auai-pon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SANCTIFY

v.t.[Low L. sanctifico; from sanctus, holy, and facio, to make. ] 1. In a general sense, to cleanse, purify or make holy.
2. To separate, set apart or appoint to a holy, sacred or religious use.
God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. Genesis 2:3.
So under the Jewish dispensation, to sanctify the altar, the temple, the priests, etc.
3. To purify; to prepare for divine service, and for partaking of holy things. Exodus 19:1 .
4. To separate, ordain and appoint to the work of redemption and the government of the church. John 1 :36.
5. To cleanse from corruption; to purify from sin; to make holy be detaching the affections from the world and its defilements, and exalting them to a supreme love to God.
Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth. John 17:17; Ephesians 5:26.
6. To make the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.
Those judgments of God are the more welcome, as a means which his mercy hath sanctified so to me, as to make me repent of that unjust act.
7. To make free from guilt.
That holy man amaz'd at what he saw, made haste to sanctify the bliss by law.
8. To secure from violation.
Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line.
To sanctify God, to praise and celebrate him as a holy being; to acknowledge and honor his holy majesty, and to reverence his character and laws. Isaiah 8:13.
God sanctifies himself or his name, by vindicating his honor from the reproaches of the wicked, and manifesting his glory. Ezekiel 36:23.

 

SANCTIFYING

ppr. 1. Making holy; purifying from the defilements of sin; separating to a holy use.
2. a. Tending to sanctify; adapted to increase holiness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SANCTIFY

Sanc "ti *fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sanctified; p. pr. & vb. n.Sanctifying. ] Etym: [F. sanctifier, L. sanctificare; sanctus holy + - ficare (in comp. ) to make. See Saint, and -fy. ]

 

1. To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow. God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. Gen. ii. 3. Moses. .. sanctified Aaron and his garnment. Lev. viii. 3 .

 

2. To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify. Sanctify them through thy truth. John xvii. 17.

 

3. To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety. A means which his mercy hath sanctified so to me as to make me repent of that unjust act. Eikon Basilike.

 

4. To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to. The holy man, amazed at what he saw, Made haste to sanctify the bliss by law. Dryden. Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line. Pope.

 

SANCTIFYINGLY

SANCTIFYINGLY Sanc "ti *fy `ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a manner or degree tending to sanctify or make holy.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sanctify

sanc ti fy |ˈsaNG (k )təˌfī ˈsæŋ (k )təˌfaɪ | ▶verb ( sanctifies, sanctifying, sanctified ) [ with obj. ] set apart as or declare holy; consecrate: a small shrine was built to sanctify the site. • make legitimate or binding by religious sanction: they see their love sanctified by the sacrament of marriage. • free from sin; purify. • cause to be or seem morally right or acceptable: ancient customs that are sanctified by tradition. DERIVATIVES sanc ti fi ca tion |-fiˈkāSHən |noun, sanc ti fi er noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French saintifier (influenced later by sanctifier ), from ecclesiastical Latin sanctificare, from Latin sanctus ‘holy. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

sanctify

sanctify |ˈsaŋ (k )tɪfʌɪ | ▶verb ( sanctifies, sanctifying, sanctified ) [ with obj. ] set apart as or declare holy; consecrate: a small shrine was built to sanctify the site. • make legitimate or binding by a religious ceremony: their love is sanctified by the sacrament of marriage. • free from sin; purify: may God sanctify his soul. • cause to be or seem morally right or acceptable: ancient customs that are sanctified by tradition. DERIVATIVES sanctification |-fɪˈkeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, sanctifier noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French saintifier (influenced later by sanctifier ), from ecclesiastical Latin sanctificare, from Latin sanctus ‘holy ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sanctify

sanctify verb 1 he came to sanctify the site: consecrate, bless, make holy, hallow, make sacred, dedicate to God. 2 they sanctified themselves: purify, cleanse, free from sin, absolve, unburden, redeem. 3 we must not sanctify this outrage: approve, sanction, condone, vindicate, endorse, support, back, permit, allow, authorize, legitimize.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sanctify

sanctify verb 1 a small shrine was built to sanctify the site: consecrate, make holy, make sacred, bless, hallow, set apart, dedicate to God, anoint, ordain, canonize, beatify. 2 they sanctified themselves: purify, cleanse, free from sin, absolve, unburden, redeem, exculpate, wash someone's sins away; rare lustrate. 3 we must not sanctify this outrageous state of affairs: approve, sanction, give the stamp of approval to, underwrite, condone, justify, vindicate, endorse, support, back, ratify, confirm, warrant, permit, allow, accredit, authorize, legitimize, legitimatize.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sanctify

sanc ti fy /sǽŋ (k )tɪfàɪ /動詞 -fies ; -fied ; ～ing 他動詞 1 〖通例be -fied 〗(社会的 宗教的に )〈物 事が 〉是認 [承認, 容認 ]される .2 〈人 物 〉を神聖化する ; 聖別する .3 〈人 〉を罪のないものとする, 清める .s á nc ti f ì er 名詞