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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctified/#m1)

2) (formal) Sanctified means made acceptable or approved, often by a long custom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctified/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctified/#x1)
- The ground around the old chapel was sanctified. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctified/#x2)
- The custom was sanctified by long tradition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctified/#x3)
- In the story, the water was sanctified by a holy man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctified/#x4)
- Some people believe the old well is sanctified. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctified/#x5)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctified/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.542/)
- [And there I will meet with the children of Israel; and the Tent shall be sanctified by My glory.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.884/)
- [And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.184/)
- [These are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and He was sanctified in them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.739/)
- [But the LORD of hosts is exalted through justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified through righteousness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.106/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sanctified» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctified/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.