different between sanctification vs sanctify

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)

1. (theology) The (usually gradual or uncompleted) process by which a Christian believer is made holy through the action of the Holy Spirit.
2. The process of making holy; hallowing, consecration.
3. (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)

1. sanctification

References

• “sanctification” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman seintefier, from Old French saintefier, from Late Latin s?nctific?, from Latin s?nctus (“holy”) + faci? (“do, make”). Form altered to conform with Latin.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?sæ?k.t?.fa?/

Verb

sanctify (third-person singular simple present sanctifies, present participle sanctifying, simple past and past participle sanctified)

1. (transitive) To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.

   • And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

2. (transitive) To free from sin; to purify.

   • And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

   • Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.

3. (transitive) To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.

   • For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

4. (transitive) To endorse with religious sanction.

Synonyms

• (to make holy): consecrate, hallow; see also Thesaurus:consecrate
• (to free from sin): cleanse, purify

Antonyms

• * (to make holy): profane; see also Thesaurus:desecrate

Related terms

• sanctification
• sanctifier

Translations

References

• sanctify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• sanctify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.