SANCTIFIED Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in holy

set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God a sanctified site where the faithful believe that a young girl had visions of the Virgin Mary

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verb

past tense of sanctify

as in purged

to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially received the sacrament of penance, whereby they were sanctified and restored to divine grace

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as in blessed

to make holy through prayers or ritual sanctify the bread for Communion

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Adjective

But at the back of the hotel, on the Rue Cambon, Petit Bar became a kind of jewelled artifice, a sanctified space. — David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 Since sanctified churches were relatively new to Louisiana and some Pentecostal teachings – like speaking in tongues – challenged more mainstream Protestant doctrine, Pentecostalism might have contributed to the media’s reporting. — Lauren Nicole Henley, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2026 America’s long struggle against racial segregation was accompanied by a righteous soundtrack of spirituals and gospel and soul music, anthems that channeled sanctified fervor into the fight for equality. — Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026 To do so in such a strictly religious environment heightens every feeling, the churning mass of erotic charge that Djukić embodies in sanctified imagery throughout. — David Opie, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2025 Being a mother is perhaps the most sanctified role in human civilization. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Oct. 2025

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Guns became sacred, and violence was increasingly justified, if not sanctified. — Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026 The church has always preached that humans are created in God’s image; by assuming the messy fragility of human form, God’s son sanctified human experience. — Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026 Like much of the first half of the episode, before the plane crash, this gala sequence is shot in silky gold colors, as if John and Carolyn had already been sanctified. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026 That was until Pope Leo inadvertently sanctified them in 2026. — Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026 Many Pentecostal denominations call their adherents saints and their churches sanctified. — Lauren Nicole Henley, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2026 Though his win was not televised, Bernarr’s instantly memorable — and eternally sanctified — acceptance speech quickly went viral across social media. — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019

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Once upon a time, Herzog was the crazy visionary, determined at all costs to realize his aesthetic ambitions to feel more, to see deeper, to explore the madness of the world, a bit of a holy fool himself.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
Most Indians were part of groups visiting the Lake Mansarovar and Mount Kailash in Tibet, holy pilgrimage sites for Hindus.

— Reuters, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of holy

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Not for nothing has White Barn Inn been blessed with just about every hospitality and dining award possible—from the endless applause of regional magazines and AAA five diamond ratings to a spot on Traveler's Gold List.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
Heads of state, parents of book recipients, music fans, movie fans and, like me, women who felt blessed to have had such a glamorous role model publicly mourned the loss.

— Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of blessed

Verb

The King’s wife, Queen Mette-Marit, is also expected to be consecrated during the ceremony.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026
Still, there were only eight African Anglican clergy in Kenya by 1920, and the first Kenyan bishops would not be consecrated until 1955.

— Stephanie TriplettAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of consecrated

Adjective

The site remains a venerated Buddhist shrine used for local worship.

— Jack Tydeman, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026
On the night of June 15, a Russian drone directly hit the most venerated site for Ukraine’s majority Orthodox Christians, and indeed for much of Eastern Christendom.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2026

Definition of venerated

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