Word.ws English Dictionary

sanctifying

sanctifying is the present participle and gerund of sanctify.

Meaning of sanctify

Verb

sanctify (third-person singular simple present sanctifies, present participle sanctifying, simple past and past participle sanctified)

  1. (transitive) To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
    • And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 2:3
    Synonyms:
    consecrate
  2. (transitive) To free from sin; to purify.
    • And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 6:11
    Synonyms:
    cleanse, purify
  3. (transitive) To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
    • For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Timothy 4:4-5
  4. (transitive) To endorse with religious sanction.

Noun

sanctifying (plural sanctifyings)

  1. sanctification
    • consecrations, sanctifyings, and blessings

Forms of sanctifying

pluralsanctifyings

Questions about sanctifying

What does sanctifying mean?
Sanctifying means sanctification.
What is sanctifying the present participle and gerund of?
Sanctifying is the present participle and gerund of sanctify.
What part of speech is sanctifying?
Sanctifying is a noun.
What is the plural of sanctifying?
The plural of sanctifying is sanctifyings.

Words near sanctifying in the dictionary

  1. sanctifiers
  2. sanctifies
  3. sanctifiest
  4. sanctifieth
  5. sanctify
  6. sanctifying
  7. sanctifyingly
  8. sanctifyings
  9. sanctiloquent
  10. sanctimommies
  11. sanctimommy

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sanctifying (page history and authors); sanctify (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “sanctifying.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/sanctifying. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.