Definition of Sanctifying

1. Verb. (present participle of sanctify) ¹

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Definition of Sanctifying

1. sanctify [v] - See also: sanctify

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sanctifying

sance bell
sancho
sanchos
sancoche
sancocho
sancta
sanctifiable
sanctification
sanctifications
sanctified
sanctifier
sanctifiers
sanctifies
sanctifieth
sanctify
sanctifying (current term)
sanctifyingly
sanctiloquent
sanctimonial
sanctimonies
sanctimonious
sanctimoniously
sanctimoniousness
sanctimony
sanction
sanctionable
sanctionary
sanctionative
sanctioned
sanctioning

Literary usage of Sanctifying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"(a) As we have seen that sanctifying grace designates a grace producing a permanent condition, it follows that it must not be confounded with a particular ..."

2. A Debate Between Rev. A. Campbell and Rev. N. L. Rice, on the Action by Alexander Campbell, Nathan Lewis Rice, Marcus Tullius Cicero Gould (1844)
"They also lost sight of the Holy Spirit and his agency in sanctifying the heart, and relied for purification upon external ablutions. ..."

3. The Temporal Mission of the Holy Ghost: Or, Reason and Revelation by Henry Edward Manning (1866)
"Next by the perpetuity of sanctifying grace. And that by the perpetuity of the Seven Sacraments, which initiate and envelope the whole spiritual life of man ..."

4. One Hundred Chapel-talks to Theological Students: Together with Two by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1913)
"sanctifying OURSELVES THAT is a great word of Jesus in his intercessory prayer, " For their sakes I ... How then can Jesus speak of sanctifying himself? ..."

5. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"So from this sanctifying belief you are all erred since the apostles' days. But have made beliefs and creeds of your own, and then say, ..."

6. A Manual of the History of Dogmas by Bernard John Otten (1918)
"A — ACTUAL AND sanctifying GRACE A fair outline of Scholastic teaching on the subject of grace is presented by Peter Lombard, whose brief statements were ..."

7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"(a) As we have seen that sanctifying grace designates a grace producing a permanent condition, it follows that it must not be confounded with a particular ..."

8. A Debate Between Rev. A. Campbell and Rev. N. L. Rice, on the Action by Alexander Campbell, Nathan Lewis Rice, Marcus Tullius Cicero Gould (1844)
"They also lost sight of the Holy Spirit and his agency in sanctifying the heart, and relied for purification upon external ablutions. ..."

9. The Temporal Mission of the Holy Ghost: Or, Reason and Revelation by Henry Edward Manning (1866)
"Next by the perpetuity of sanctifying grace. And that by the perpetuity of the Seven Sacraments, which initiate and envelope the whole spiritual life of man ..."

10. One Hundred Chapel-talks to Theological Students: Together with Two by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1913)
"sanctifying OURSELVES THAT is a great word of Jesus in his intercessory prayer, " For their sakes I ... How then can Jesus speak of sanctifying himself? ..."

11. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"So from this sanctifying belief you are all erred since the apostles' days. But have made beliefs and creeds of your own, and then say, ..."

12. A Manual of the History of Dogmas by Bernard John Otten (1918)
"A — ACTUAL AND sanctifying GRACE A fair outline of Scholastic teaching on the subject of grace is presented by Peter Lombard, whose brief statements were ..."

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