sanctification
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Etymology
From Old French sanctificacion, from ecclesiastical Latin sanctificātionem, from sanctificāre (“to sanctify”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saŋktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
sanctification (countable and uncountable, plural sanctifications)
- (theology) The (usually gradual or uncompleted) process by which a Christian believer is made holy through the action of the Holy Spirit.
- The process of making holy; hallowing, consecration.
- (slang, obsolete) Blackmail.
Translations
Christian theology
the process of making holy
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Etymology
From Late Latin sānctificātiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
sanctification f (plural sanctifications)
Further reading
- “sanctification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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