sanctification
pronunciation
How to pronounce sanctification in British English:
UK [ˌsæŋktɪfɪ'keɪʃn]
How to pronounce sanctification in American English:
US [ˌsæŋktɪfɪ'keɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a religious ceremony in which something is made holy
Word Origin
- sanctification (n.)
- 1520s, from Church Latin sanctificationem, noun of action from past participle stem of sanctificare (see sanctify).
Example
- 1. The pursuit of sanctification : puritan spiritual theology and worship .
- 2. Unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification .
- 3. Opus dei urges priests and laypeople to strenuously pursue sanctification through everyday discipline .
- 4. Sanctification and sublimity : the ideal prospect of rule of law in china .
- 5. But now , having been freed from sin and enslaved to god , you have your fruit unto sanctification , and the end , eternal life .