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sanctified, ppl. a.|ˈsæŋktɪfaɪd|
[f. sanctify v. + -ed1.]
1. Of a person: Made holy, endowed with saintly character; spec. made holy by the divine grace of the Holy Spirit.
c1485Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 1001 Whom seke ye, women sanctifiede? 1548R. Hutten Sum of Div. F ij b, That much infirmity and vice doeth remayne as yet, euen in them whyche be santifyed. 1579W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue B iv, Monkes..seperated from the world,..for to live euen so as sanctified ones of God. 1597Shakes. Lover's Compl. 233 Lo this deuice was sent me from a Nun, Or Sister sanctified of holiest note. 1611Bible Isa. xiii. 3, I haue commanded my sanctified ones. 1647Cudworth Serm. Ho. Comm. Ded. 6 All Philosophy..to a truly sanctified Mind..is but..Matter for Divinity to work upon. 1762Goldsm. Cit. W. lxvii, He finds no character so sanctified that has not its failings, none so infamous but has somewhat to attract our esteem. 1848R. I. Wilberforce Doctr. Incarnation x. (1852) 234 That sanctified humanity of the Son of God.
2. Affecting holiness; sanctimonious.
1600Shakes. A.Y.L. ii. iii. 13 Your vertues gentle Master Are sanctified and holy traitors to you. 1602― Ham. i. iii. 130 Breathing like sanctified and pious bonds [Theobald conj. bawds], The better to beguile. 1662Rump Songs II. 89 A sanctify'd Colonel in beaten Buff. 1694tr. Milton's Lett. State, To King of France May an. 1658, Those sanctifi'd Cut-throats, who professing themselves to be the..Disciples of..Christ,..abuse his meek and peaceful Name..to the most cruel slaughter of the Innocent. 1743Fielding J. Wild iv. iv, No mind was ever yet formed entirely free from blemish, unless peradventure that of a sanctified hypocrite. 1778Foote Trip Calais iii. Wks. 1799 II. 373 For all her sanctified looks. 1844Ld. Brougham Brit. Const. xv. (1862) 237 About 120 men of puritanical and sanctified habits. 1860Emerson Cond. Life vi. (1861) 118, I see not why we should give ourselves such sanctified airs.
†b. absol.
1620E. Blount Horæ Subs. 59 The Separatists or Sanctified, as they terme themselues.
3. Of things: Holy or consecrated; rendered spiritually profitable.
1632Sanderson Serm. 555 A sober and sanctifyed vse of the Creatures. 1660T. Gouge Chr. Directions xvii. (1831) 93 When an evil report is raised of you, be not so much inquisitive who raised it, as to make a good use and sanctified improvement thereof. 1814Scott Wav. xiv, He could not help testifying some displeasure against the Blessed Bear, which had given rise to the quarrel, nor refrain from hinting, that the sanctified epithet was hardly appropriate. 1864Pusey Lect. Daniel v. 251 Levi's fierceness had become a sanctified zeal. 1895Westm. Gaz. 16 Apr. 7/2 Here are a body of men who will mix the anodyne in a spirit of ‘sanctified commonsense’ (Mr. Welldon's famous expression).
ironically.1605B. Jonson Volpone i. ii. (1607) B 3 And will drop you forth a libell, or a sanctified lie, Betwixt euery spooneful of a Natiuity Pie. 1682Enq. Elect. Sheriffs 9 Or suppose that they [Papists] are again provided of one or two bigotted Fellows..that have promised to do the sanctified job [the assassination of Charles II] for them.
b. Of ground, buildings, etc.: Consecrated, hallowed. rare.
1525Test. Ebor. (Surtees) V. 201 To be beried within sanctified grownde whereso it please Almyghtie God that I shall departe. 1601Shakes. All's Well i. i. 152 Virginitie murthers it selfe, and should be buried in highwayes out of all sanctified limit, as a desperate Offendresse against Nature. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian xvi, Remember this place is sanctified. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xi, Out of respect to the sanctified ground, they lowered their weapons.
c. transf. = consecrated 3.
1888F. Hume Mme. Midas i. iv, Where everything is old⁓fashioned, cheery, and sanctified by long usage.
Hence ˈsanctifiedly adv. Now rare.
1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter i. 2 There be many causes in nature to make men die quietly, not sanctifiedly. 1641Brome Jov. Crew ii. (1652) D 2 b, He never looks upon us, but with a sigh,..tho' we simper never so sanctifiedly. |