Sanctification
noun
The act of making something holy.
The priest performed the sanctification of the church.
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Formal
Religious
noun
The process of becoming purer or morally better.
He viewed his struggles as a trial and opportunity for sanctification.
Often appears as...
- seek sanctification
- path of sanctification
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Formal
noun
The act of making something holy.
The priest performed the sanctification of the church.
Usage tips
Formal
Religious
noun
The process of becoming purer or morally better.
He viewed his struggles as a trial and opportunity for sanctification.
Often appears as...
- seek sanctification
- path of sanctification
Usage tips
Formal
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Pro Tip 1/3Religious Ceremony
Used when something is declared holy in a religious ritual.
The sanctification ceremony for the new temple will take place next week.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Context
Used more in cultures with strong religious practices and language.
Sanctification of the sacred relics is an annual event in our community.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Objects
Often refers to making a physical space or item holy.
The sanctification of the new icons will enhance the spiritual aura of the chapel.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Ceremony
Used when something is declared holy in a religious ritual.
The sanctification ceremony for the new temple will take place next week.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Context
Used more in cultures with strong religious practices and language.
Sanctification of the sacred relics is an annual event in our community.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Objects
Often refers to making a physical space or item holy.
The sanctification of the new icons will enhance the spiritual aura of the chapel.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Ceremony
Used when something is declared holy in a religious ritual.
The sanctification ceremony for the new temple will take place next week.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Context
Used more in cultures with strong religious practices and language.
Sanctification of the sacred relics is an annual event in our community.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Objects
Often refers to making a physical space or item holy.
The sanctification of the new icons will enhance the spiritual aura of the chapel.
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Tullian Tchividjian
American Clergyman
Whether this was explicitly taught or implicitly caught, I grew up with the impression that when it comes to the Christian life, justification was step one and sanctification was step two and that once we get to step two there's no reason to revisit step one.
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Jerry Bridges
American Author
Sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit in us whereby our inner being is progressively changed, freeing us more and more from sinful traits and developing within us over time the virtues of Christlike character.
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J. C. Ryle
English Clergyman
Sanctification is the outcome and inseparable consequence of regeneration. He who is born again and made a new creature receives a new nature and a new principle and always lives a new life.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
Saving faith is an immediate relation to Christ, accepting, receiving, resting upon Him alone, for justification, sanctification, and eternal life by virtue of God's grace.
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Owen King
American Author
One corollary of the wretchedness of the second trilogy of 'Star Wars' films has been the final, demented sanctification of the first trilogy of films.
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Fred Hammond
American Musician
The Bible is a novel that's crazy... it has murder, it has victory it has mayhem, it has disaster, it has war, sanctification.
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William Ames
English Philosopher
Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image.
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Adoniram Judson
American Clergyman
Believe in the doctrine of perfect sanctification attainable in this life.
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John Donne
British Poet
Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
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Matthew Simpson
American Clergyman
Sanctification is not regeneration.
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Tullian Tchividjian
American Clergyman
Whether this was explicitly taught or implicitly caught, I grew up with the impression that when it comes to the Christian life, justification was step one and sanctification was step two and that once we get to step two there's no reason to revisit step one.
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Jerry Bridges
American Author
Sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit in us whereby our inner being is progressively changed, freeing us more and more from sinful traits and developing within us over time the virtues of Christlike character.
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J. C. Ryle
English Clergyman
Sanctification is the outcome and inseparable consequence of regeneration. He who is born again and made a new creature receives a new nature and a new principle and always lives a new life.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
Saving faith is an immediate relation to Christ, accepting, receiving, resting upon Him alone, for justification, sanctification, and eternal life by virtue of God's grace.
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Owen King
American Author
One corollary of the wretchedness of the second trilogy of 'Star Wars' films has been the final, demented sanctification of the first trilogy of films.
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Fred Hammond
American Musician
The Bible is a novel that's crazy... it has murder, it has victory it has mayhem, it has disaster, it has war, sanctification.
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William Ames
English Philosopher
Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image.
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Adoniram Judson
American Clergyman
Believe in the doctrine of perfect sanctification attainable in this life.
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John Donne
British Poet
Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
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Matthew Simpson
American Clergyman
Sanctification is not regeneration.
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