sanctify

• vt. 使圣洁；使神圣化；把…奉献给神；认可

sanct-,神圣的，-fy,使。即使神圣，原指对有德行的人和虔诚的人宣圣，封为圣徒，引申词义 批准，认可。

sanctify (v.)

late 14c., seintefie "to consecrate," from Old French saintefier "sanctify" (12c., Modern French sanctifier), from Late Latin sanctificare "to make holy," from sanctus "holy" (see saint (n.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Form altered in English c. 1400 to conform with Latin. Meaning "to render holy or legitimate by religious sanction" is from c. 1400; transferred sense of "to render worthy of respect" is from c. 1600. Related: Sanctified; sanctifying.

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2. St. Francis wanted to sanctify poverty, not to abolish it.

圣弗朗西斯想圣化贫困而不是消除它.

来自辞典例句

3. Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.

约17:17求你用真理使他们成圣. 你的道就是真理.

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4. May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through.

愿赐43平安的神亲自使你们全然成44圣.

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5. Jn. 17:17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.

约十七17求你用真理圣别他们, 你的话就是真理.

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