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sanctity

[ sangk-ti-tee ]

noun

plural sanctities.
  1. holiness, saintliness, or godliness.
  2. sacred or hallowed character:

    the inviolable sanctity of the temple.

  3. a sacred thing.


sanctity

/ ˈ²õæŋ°ì³Ùɪ³Ùɪ /

noun

  1. the condition of being sanctified; holiness
  2. anything regarded as sanctified or holy
  3. the condition of being inviolable; sacredness

    the sanctity of marriage

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²Ô´Ç²Ô·²õ²¹²Ô³¦î€ƒt¾±Â·³Ù²â noun plural nonsanctities
  • ³Ü²Ô·²õ²¹²Ô³¦î€ƒt¾±Â·³Ù²â noun plural unsanctities
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sanctity1

1350–1400; < Latin ²õÄå²Ô³¦³Ù¾±³ÙÄå²õ holiness, equivalent to ²õÄå²Ô³¦³Ù- ( Sanctus ) + -¾±³ÙÄå²õ -ity; replacing Middle English sauntite < Anglo-French < Latin, as above
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sanctity1

C14: from Old French ²õ²¹¾±²Ô³¦³Ù±ð³Ùé, from Latin ²õ²¹²Ô³¦³Ù¾±³ÙÄå²õ, from sanctus holy
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Idioms and Phrases

see odor of sanctity .
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Example Sentences

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An opera disguised as an oratorio to get around the church’s ban on profane opera, the impolitic work about past and present is formed as the conflict between extravagance and sanctity.

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In upholding the sanctity of the spoken word, Fugard took his place in the oral tradition of Homer.

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Its abstracted scenario is a kind of back to the basics, expressing the sanctity of home, devotion and nature.

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Anyone who hopes to preserve the sanctity of the civil-military ideal would do well to circle the wagons of law and constitutionalism and man the ramparts of institutional self-preservation.

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“This could be seen as part of a return to tradition, but more so an emphasis on purity and the sanctity of the body.â€

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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