sanctify
Bless with holiness
Sanctify means to make holy or sacred.
A priest sanctifies the bread and wine; marriage sanctifies a union.
More broadly, to sanctify something is to give it legitimacy or approval: Time has sanctified the tradition.
The adjective sanctified describes what has been made holy, and by extension, excessively pious or self-righteous.
Make sacred officially
ordain · enshrine · solemnize · devote · set apart · inaugurate · commission · investiture
Remove unwanted substances
- cleanseRemove dirt or sin
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- absolveRelease from guilt
- expiateMake amends for wrongdoing
redeem · chasten · wash · atone · ablution · catharsis · purgation · whitewash
Formal event marking occasions
- riteCeremonial act or practice
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
anointing · blessing · communion · confirmation · mass · offering · invocation · benediction
Religious reverence and praise
- prayAddress a deity
- venerateHonor with deep respect
- revereDeeply respect and admire
- adoreLove intensely
glorify · exalt · praise · honor · kneel · bow · prostrate · genuflect
Dedicated to the divine
- divineOf or from gods
- hallowedMade or regarded holy
- blessedReceiving divine favor
- sacrosanctRegarded as too important to alter
inviolable · taboo · untouchable · protected · revered · venerated · consecrated · sacramental
consecrate
Make sacred officially
anoint · ordain · enshrine · solemnize · devote · set apart · inaugurate · commission · investiture · canonize
purify
Remove unwanted substances
expiate · redeem · chasten · wash · atone · ablution · catharsis · purgation · whitewash · undefiled
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- riteCeremonial act or practice
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
baptism · anointing · blessing · communion · confirmation · mass · offering · invocation · benediction · vestments
worship
Religious reverence and praise
adore · glorify · exalt · praise · honor · kneel · bow · prostrate · genuflect · magnify
holy
Dedicated to the divine
sacrosanct · inviolable · taboo · untouchable · protected · revered · venerated · consecrated · sacramental · numinous
- worshippraying, congregational prayer, adoration, praise God, evening prayer
- Sacred Languageamen, hallelujah, alleluia, hosanna, holy
- venerationvenerate, revere, reverence, glorify, exalt
- worship verbspray, bless, anoint, baptize, consecrate
- offeringsburnt offering, altar offerings, sin offering, peace offering, oblations
- officiatereferee, umpire, preside, officiant, moderate
- economic sanctionPunitive limits on commerce
- trade sanctionRestriction on international commerce
- sanctity of lifePrinciple that existence is sacred
- financial sanctionPunitive economic restriction
- divine sanctionDeity's formal approval
- legal sanctionLawful punishment or approval
sanction, sanctity, sanctimonious, sanctified, sanctification, sanctifies, sanctifying, sanctifier, sanctifiers