as in holy
set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God
a sanctified site where the faithful believe that a young girl had visions of the Virgin Mary
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as in purged
to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially
received the sacrament of penance, whereby they were sanctified and restored to divine grace
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as in blessed
to make holy through prayers or ritual
sanctify the bread for Communion
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Recent Examples of sanctified
David Opie, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2025
Being a mother is perhaps the most sanctified role in human civilization.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
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Mashhad is home to the Imam Reza shrine, the holiest in Shiite Islam, making the protests there carry heavy significance for the country's theocracy.—
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An administrative office and library were charred by the flames, according to multiple reports, and several Torahs, Jewish holy texts rolled into large scrolls, were ruined or damaged.—
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In many ways, once that past was purged Kansas City has been binging on BIRGing ever since.—
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This year, the Department of Health and Human Services purged thousands of employees and weakened government programs dedicated to tobacco control, environmental safety, injury prevention, and reproductive health.—
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Twenty years of hard work and persistence, blessed by occasional moments when chance had generously smiled on him.—
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In one of the most deal-ridden and far too often contrived places on the globe, Steny was straightforward, smart, wise, direct, honest on the real odds about anything and everything, and blessed with a sense of humor that, if saintly in purpose, was devilishly clever in delivery.—
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For decades, veterans' benefits were considered politically sacred.—
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Bolton, the daughter of the late feminist and civil rights activist Roxcy Bolton, describes the garden as a sacred and historic site worth protecting.—
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In the final step of the process, the paste is thawed and purified into a liquid at a high temperature.—
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After months of negotiations, the group began redirecting this purified, cooled thermal water onto a 6-acre patch of low-lying land.—
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However, the oil miraculously burned for eight days until new consecrated oil could be found.—
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When Queen Latifah emerged, the stage became consecrated ground.—
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Gerlach has been charged with 26 counts of burglary and criminal trespassing, in addition to abuse of a corpse and desecration and theft or sale of venerated objects.—
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Gwynne died in Manhattan in 1948, probably never knowing his cocktail would go on to become a venerated classic.—
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“Sanctified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanctified. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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