• (British, America) IPA: /ˈsæŋk.tɪ.faɪ/

sanctify

1. (transitive) To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Genesis 2:3 ↗:

     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.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, 1 Corinthians 6:11 ↗:

     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.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Ephesians 5:25-26 ↗:

     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.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, 1 Timothy 4:4-5 ↗:

     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.

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

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

• sanctification
• sanctifier

• French: consacrer, sanctifier
• German: heiligen
• Italian: consacrare
• Portuguese: santificar, consagrar
• Russian: освяща́ть
• Spanish: santificar

• Italian: purificare
• Russian: очища́ть
• Spanish: santificar

• Italian: santificare
• Russian: санкциони́ровать
• Spanish: santificar