sanctify
[verb]
Synonyms: consecrate, cleanse, hallow

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sanc‧ti‧fy /ˈsæŋktəfaɪ, ˈsæŋktɪfaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle sanctified, present participle sanctifying, third person singular sanctifies) [transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: sanctifier, from Late Latin sanctificare, from Latin sanctus; ⇒ saint]

1. to make something seem morally right or acceptable or to give something official approval:
The rule of the czar was sanctified by the Russian Orthodox Church.

2. to make something holy
—sanctification /ˌsæŋktəfəˈkeɪʃən, ˌsæŋktɪfəˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]

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