Definition of "sanctify"

sanctify

/ˈsæŋk.tɪ.faɪ/

verb
third-person singular simple present sanctifies, present participle sanctifying, simple past and past participle sanctified
1. (transitive) To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
  Quotations
  And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Genesis 2:3
2. (transitive) To free from sin; to purify.
  Quotations
  And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1 Corinthians 6:11
  Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Ephesians 5:25-26
3. (transitive) To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
  Quotations
  For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1 Timothy 4:4-5
4. (transitive) To endorse with religious sanction.