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.
雙語例句
1. In 1897, to sanctify the trumperies of imperialism.
1897年的慶典是對五光十色的帝國主義政策的御前恩準.
來自名作英譯部分
2. St. Francis wanted to sanctify poverty, not to abolish it.
圣弗朗西斯想圣化貧困而不是消除它.
來自辭典例句
3. Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.
約17:17求你用真理使他們成圣. 你的道就是真理.
來自互聯網
4. May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through.
愿賜43平安的神親自使你們全然成44圣.
來自互聯網
5. Jn. 17:17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.