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righteous
English
Alternative forms
- rightuous, rightwise (obsolete)
Etymology
From earlier rightuous, rightwose, rightwos, rightwise, from Middle English rightwise, rightwis, from Old English rihtw?s (“righteous, just, right, justifiable”), corresponding to right +? -wise (with assimilation of second element to -ous), or to right +? wise (“way, manner”). Cognate with Scots richtwis (“righteous”), Old High German rehtw?sic (“righteous, just”), Icelandic réttvíss (“righteous, just”). Compare also thefteous, mighteous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?t??s/
- Rhymes: -a?t??s
Adjective
righteous (comparative more righteous, superlative most righteous)
- Free from sin or guilt.
- Moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimonious.
- Justified morally.
- righteous indignation
- (slang, US) Awesome; great.
- 1995, Norman L. Russell, Doug Grad, Suicide Charlie: A Vietnam War Story (page 191)
- He sold me a bulging paper sack full of Cambodian Red for two dolla' MPC. A strange experience, copping from a kid, but it was righteous weed.
- 1995, Norman L. Russell, Doug Grad, Suicide Charlie: A Vietnam War Story (page 191)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
righteous (third-person singular simple present righteouses, present participle righteousing, simple past and past participle righteoused)
- To make righteous; specifically, to justify religiously, to absolve from sin.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 101:
- Thus for the purposes of being ‘righteoused’, the Law was irrelevant; yet Paul could not bear to see all the Law disappear.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 101:
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sanctification
English
Etymology
From Old French sanctificacion, from ecclesiastical Latin sanctific?tionem, from sanctific?re (“to sanctify”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa?kt?f??ke???n/
Noun
sanctification (countable and uncountable, plural sanctifications)
- (theology) The (usually gradual or uncompleted) process by which a Christian believer is made holy through the action of the Holy Spirit.
- The process of making holy; hallowing, consecration.
- (slang, obsolete) Blackmail.
Translations
French
Etymology
From Late Latin s?nctific?ti?
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??k.ti.fi.ka.sj??/
Noun
sanctification f (plural sanctifications)
- sanctification
References
- “sanctification” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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