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sanctity (noun)

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  • sanctity — ► NOUN (pl. sanctities) 1) holiness; saintliness. 2) ultimate importance and inviolability: the sanctity of human life. ORIGIN Old French sainctite, from Latin sanctus holy …   English terms dictionary

  • sanctity — noun (U) 1 the sanctity of life/marriage etc the quality that makes life, marriage etc so important that it must be respected and preserved: the sanctity of the Constitution 2 formal the holy or religious character of a person or place: an aura… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • sanctity — noun 1) the sanctity of St. Francis Syn: holiness, godliness, blessedness, saintliness, spirituality, piety, piousness, devoutness, righteousness, goodness, virtue, purity; formal sanctitude 2) the sanctity of the family meal Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • sanctity — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English saunctite, from Anglo French sainteté, from Latin sanctitat , sanctitas, from sanctus sacred Date: 14th century 1. holiness of life and character ; godliness 2. a. the quality or state of being holy or …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sanctity — noun a) Holiness of life or disposition; saintliness b) The condition of being considered sacred; inviolability …   Wiktionary

  • sanctity — noun (plural sanctities) 1》 holiness; saintliness. 2》 ultimate importance and inviolability. Origin ME: from OFr. sainctite, reinforced by L. sanctitas, from sanctus holy …   English new terms dictionary

  • sanctity — sanc|ti|ty [ sæŋktəti ] noun uncount 1. ) the special importance that some things have, especially traditional institutions: He believed in Christian values and the sanctity of marriage. 2. ) the quality of being holy or of having special… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sanctity — [14] Latin sanctus ‘holy’ (source of English saint) originated as the past participle of sancīre ‘consecrate’, a verb derived from the same base that produced sacer ‘sacred’ (source of English sacred, sacrifice, etc). Amongst its derivatives to… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • sanctity — UK [ˈsæŋktətɪ] / US noun [uncountable] 1) the special importance that some things have, especially traditional institutions He believed in Christian values and the sanctity of marriage. 2) the quality of being holy or of having special religious… …   English dictionary

  • sanctity — /ˈsæŋktəti / (say sangktuhtee) noun (plural sanctities) 1. holiness, saintliness, or godliness. 2. sacred or hallowed character: inviolable sanctity of the temple. 3. a sacred thing. {Latin sanctitas; replacing Middle English saintite, from Old… …  

  • sanctity — [14] Latin sanctus ‘holy’ (source of English saint) originated as the past participle of sancīre ‘consecrate’, a verb derived from the same base that produced sacer ‘sacred’ (source of English sacred, sacrifice, etc). Amongst its derivatives to… …   Word origins

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