Sentence example with the word 'sanctify'

sanctify

aggrandize, bless, consecrate, devote, enthrone, hallow, legitimate, lionize, raise, set apart

Definition v. render holy by means of religious rites

Last update: July 1, 2015


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The new temple heralded a new future; the mournful fasts commemorative of Jerusalem's disasters would become feasts; Yahweh had left the Temple at the fall of Jerusalem, but had now returned to sanctify it with his presence; the city had purged its iniquity and was fit once more to become the central sanctuary.   [verb]

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The new temple heralded a new future; the mournful fasts commemorative of Jerusalem's disasters would become feasts; Yahweh had left the Temple at the fall of Jerusalem, but had now returned to sanctify it with his presence; the city had purged its iniquity and was fit once more to become the central sanctuary.   [Please select]

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Wiley grimly, "but I'll try to sanctify the money by usin' it for a new wash-boiler."   [Please select]

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Well, PERFESSER Burnham won't sanctify dis hall wid his presence fer quite a long while--quite a long while.   [Please select]

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It has been man's wont to explain and sanctify his ways, with little regard to their fundamental and permanent expediency.   [Please select]

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I am due to attend at twelve forty-five in the state temple, where we sanctify some new idol.   [Please select]

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How we do sanctify our efforts to keep them from getting the holy dollars we want for ourselves.   [Please select]

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He says it is nothing but trade and barter, and if the Church is willing to give its blessing to such rank commercialism, let it bless the Stock Exchange, let it sanctify the slave market.   [Please select]

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