sanctification
Becoming spiritually pure
Sanctification is the process of making something holy or sacred.
In Christian theology, it refers to the spiritual transformation by which believers are made free from sin and grow in holiness after conversion: Sanctification is a lifelong journey, not a single moment.
More broadly, it can mean formal dedication to a sacred purpose or the act of treating something as inviolable.
Dedicating to sacred purpose
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- anointingCeremonial oil application
liturgy · communion · rite · blessing · initiation · ceremony · ablution · dedication
Act of changing states
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- renewalMaking current again
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
- transfigurationExalted change in appearance
redemption · reformation · justification · salvation · deliverance · restoration · newness · metamorphosis
Worthy of reverence
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- saintlinessState of spiritual perfection
- godlinessState of spiritual purity
- blessednessState of spiritual grace
hallowed · purity · righteousness · devoutness · beatification · glorification · divine · virtue
Address to deity
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- pietySincere religious devotion
- faithTrust without proof
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
adoration · veneration · dedication · commitment · zeal · fervor · meditation · asceticism
Removing dirt or toxins
- ablutionRitualized washing of body
- lustrationCleansing rite or vetting
- purgingForcible elimination of unwanted
- refinementElegance of manner
washing · expiation · atonement · absolution · remission · purgation · catharsis · deliverance
Official declaration of sainthood
- beatificationDeclaring someone among blessed
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
- hagiographyIdealized biographical writing
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
intercession · veneration · venerable · apostleship · discipleship · holiness · miracles · cult
Profound spiritual awakening
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
dharma · mantra · prana · liberation · awakening · purification · detachment · renunciation
consecration
Dedicating to sacred purpose
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
anointing · liturgy · communion · rite · blessing · initiation · ceremony · ablution · dedication · observance
conversion
Act of changing states
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- renewalMaking current again
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
transfiguration · redemption · reformation · justification · salvation · deliverance · restoration · newness · metamorphosis · glorification
sacred
Worthy of reverence
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- saintlinessState of spiritual perfection
- godlinessState of spiritual purity
blessedness · hallowed · purity · righteousness · devoutness · beatification · glorification · divine · virtue · innocence
prayer
Address to deity
reverence · adoration · veneration · dedication · commitment · zeal · fervor · meditation · asceticism · devotional
cleansing
Removing dirt or toxins
- ablutionRitualized washing of body
- lustrationCleansing rite or vetting
- purgingForcible elimination of unwanted
refinement · washing · expiation · atonement · absolution · remission · purgation · catharsis · deliverance · redemption
canonization
Official declaration of sainthood
- beatificationDeclaring someone among blessed
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
- hagiographyIdealized biographical writing
relics · intercession · veneration · venerable · apostleship · discipleship · holiness · miracles · cult · shrines
enlightenment
Profound spiritual awakening
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
karma · dharma · mantra · prana · liberation · awakening · purification · detachment · renunciation · self-realization
- ChristianityJesus, Bible, Christ, God, Jesus Christ
- sacredholy, sacred, sacredness, holiness, divine
- forgivenessforgiveness of sins, redemption, absolve, mercy, grace
- biblical themescreation, messiah, covenant, salvation, redemption
- Christian doctrinesalvation by faith, trinity, Trinity, Holy Trinity, creeds
- ProtestantismLutheran, Protestantism, Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian
sanctificationdesecration
Violating something sacred
profanation · defilement · pollution · violation · secularization
sanctificationcorruption
Dishonest abuse of power
debasement · degradation · depravation · perversion · moral decay
sanctificationsacrilege
Violation of the hallowed
blasphemy · impiety · irreverence · profanation · profanity
sanctuary, sanction, saint, saintly, sanctity, sanctify, sanctimonious, sanctified, sainted