[ˈsaŋ(k)tɪfʌɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- set apart as or declare holy; consecrate
(e.g: a small shrine was built to sanctify the site)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French saintifier (influenced later by sanctifier), from ecclesiastical Latin sanctificare, from Latin sanctus ‘holy’