词汇 | sanctify |
释义 | sanctify verb[ T ] uk /ˈsæŋk.tɪ.faɪ/ us /ˈsæŋk.tə.faɪ/ formal to make something or someone holy使神圣化,使圣洁化 to make something socially or officially acceptable: 使合法化;批准;认可 a practice sanctified by many years of tradition多年的传统所认可的做法 Religious practices agarbatti allocution anoint anointment baptize flagellate flagellation fleishig genuflect genuflection prostration purdah purificatory rebaptize reborn smudging televangelism unbaptized unconsecrated unction You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Accepting & agreeing Related wordsanctification sanctify | American Dictionarysanctify verb[ T ] us/ˈsæŋk·təˌfɑɪ/ to make holy: a relationship sanctified by marriage Examples of sanctifysanctify Instead, they base their actions on a particular sort of practical reason sanctified by religious tradition (pp. 18, 30). They were spiritual agents with a spiritual goal and were morally sanctified. The male and female meet in the ultimate symbolic sanctified union, a sexuality operating here within socially legitimate bonds that is not only sacred but also potentially safe. We had the word "co-ordination", but that has been unfrocked, if that is the right term, and the word "rationalisation" has been sanctified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not an enthusiast for interventionist measures, even when they are sanctified by the description of a balanced regional economic policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are we to reverse this whole process, sanctified by some sort of view that we are promoting a voluntary prices structure? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am, therefore, already sanctified by one of the first principles of jurisprudence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that something should be sanctified simply because it has been in existence for a long time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They seem to think that their relationship is as stable as if it were sanctified by the full legal status. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The hereditary principle, for any of these purposes, is a piece of nonsense sanctified, if at all, only by its long existence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Harsh as the penalties may appear on paper, they have been sanctified by mitigation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The report obfuscates the issue of capital, the profit-driven process, and sanctifies the market forces. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I wish to speak about another provision which might also have been sanctified by time, but which we might look at again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our association together has been sanctified by blood shed in two wars. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have sanctified that there should be no limitations on how far immunities stretch. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of sanctify These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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