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▪ I. sanctifying, vbl. n.|ˈsæŋktɪfaɪɪŋ|
[f. sanctify v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb sanctify.
1526Tindale 1 Thess. iv. 3 Every one of you shulde knowe howe to kepe his vessel in sanctifyinge and honoure. 1529More Dyaloge ii. Wks. 199/2 Though those [saints] bee none whose writing ye wold authorise by their sanctifyeng. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Sanctification, The sanctifying of the sabbath..is of divine..institution.
▪ II. ˈsanctifying, ppl. a.
[f. sanctify v. + -ing2.]
That sanctifies.
1586Hooker Serm. on Justif., etc. §3 (1612) 3 There is a glorifying righteousnes of men in the world to come; as there is a iustifying and a sanctifying righteousnes here. 1706Stanhope Paraphr. III. 525 Do not..provoke him to withdraw those sanctifying Graces from you, which are given you as an Earnest of your Salvation at the last Day. 1738Wesley Ps. li. x, But perfectly my Soul renew By sanctifying Love. 1858Holland Titcomb's Lett. iv. 206 Both have been chastened..by a relation as sanctifying as it is sacred. 1886Welldon Serm. Harrow x. (1887) 151 It is to be in the world, yet not of it; to live above it; to let your presence be a sanctifying influence among men.
Hence ˈsanctifyingly adv.
1847Bushnell Chr. Nurt. viii. (1861) 202 Sanctifyingly touched by his Spirit. |