sanctify是什么意思？

sanctify

英[ˈsæŋktɪfaɪ] 美[ˈsæŋktəˌfaɪ]

• vt. 使神圣，洗清…的罪孽，批准，认可；

第三人称单数：sanctifies;

过去式：sanctified;

过去分词：sanctified;

现在分词：sanctifying;

名词：sanctification;

例句

• sanctify a marriage. 批准一桩婚姻
• May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. 愿赐43平安的神亲自使你们全然成44圣.
• Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. 约17:17求你用真理使他们成圣. 你的道就是真理.
• St. Francis wanted to sanctify poverty, not to abolish it. 圣弗朗西斯想圣化贫困而不是消除它.
• And you shall anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it. 11要抹洗濯盆和盆座, 使盆分别为圣.
• And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. 要抹洗濯盆和盆座, 使盆成圣.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  (牧师、神职人员)认可，批准，使神圣化
  If something is sanctified by a priest or other holy person, the priest or holy person officially approves of it, or declares it to be holy.
  例句
  She is trying to make amends for her marriage not being sanctified. 她正努力弥补自己那段未受牧师认可的婚姻。
• VERB
  批准;认可;使受尊敬;使固定不变
  If an organization or event sanctifies something, it makes it approved of and respected, or unable to be changed.
  例句
  ...a law that sanctifies changes that have already occurred. 认可已发生变化的一项法律

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  使神圣
  The priest sanctified the church with a special ceremony. 牧师用专门的仪式使教堂显得神圣。
  批准,认可,使合法化
  sanctify a marriage. 批准一桩婚姻

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. render holy by means of religious rites
  2. make pure or free from sin or guilt;
  "he left the monastery purified"