sanctification
/saŋktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun
Forms sanctifications
- noun (theology) The (usually gradual or uncompleted) process by which a Christian believer is made holy through the action of the Holy Spirit.
- noun The process of making holy; hallowing, consecration.
- noun (slang, obsolete) Blackmail.
Etymology
From Old French sanctificacion, from ecclesiastical Latin sanctificātionem, from sanctificāre (“to sanctify”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act of sanctifying or making holy; the being sanctified or made holy; esp. (Theol.), the act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to, a supreme love to God; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified.
- noun The act of consecrating, or of setting apart, for a sacred purpose; consecration. Bp. Burnet.
Etymology [L. sanctificatio: cf. F. sanctification.]
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