Associations to the word «Sanctifying»

Wiktionary

SANCTIFY, verb. (transitive) To make holy; to consecrate. Set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
SANCTIFY, verb. (transitive) To free from sin; to purify.
SANCTIFY, verb. (transitive) To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
SANCTIFY, verb. (transitive) To endorse with religious sanction.

Dictionary definition

SANCTIFY, verb. Render holy by means of religious rites.
SANCTIFY, verb. Make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne