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# sanctity

«sanctity» in Mova's school dictionary: **Holiness, the quality of being sacred and deserving great…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Holiness, the quality of being sacred and deserving great respect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctity/#m1)

2) The sacred quality of something important, such as a promise or marriage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctity/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in the lessons, the sanctity of a marriage or a god's place is what makes it deserve respect and protection

### examples

- The sanctity of the temple must be respected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctity/#x1)
- She kept the sanctity of her marriage vows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctity/#x2)
- Many people believe that life has sanctity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctity/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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