| VERB | communication | sanctify, consecrate, bless, hallow | render holy by means of religious rites |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | sanctify, purify, purge | make pure or free from sin or guilt |
| Sounds | sae'ngktahfay | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acidify ... vilify: 78 rhymes with fay... | |
| Meaning | Render holy by means of religious rites. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | consecrate, bless, hallow | |
| Narrower | reconsecrate | consecrate anew, as after a desecration |
| Broader | declare | state emphatically and authoritatively |
| Opposite | desecrate, unhallow, deconsecrate | Remove the consecration from a person or an object |
| Spanish | consagrar, halloween, santificar | |
| Catalan | santificar | |
| Nouns | saint | person of exceptional holiness |
| saint | a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization | |
| sanctification | a religious ceremony in which something is made holy | |
| Meaning | make pure or free from sin or guilt. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | purify, purge | |
| Narrower | lustrate | purify by means of a ritual |
| spiritualize, spiritualise | purify from the corrupting influences of the world | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | purificar, santificar | |
| Catalan | purificar, santificar | |
| Nouns | saint | person of exceptional holiness |
| saint | model of excellence or perfection of a kind | |
| sanctification | a religious ceremony in which something is made holy | |
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