sanctity
Syllables: sanct·i·tyUK/ˈsæŋktɪti/
sanctity noun: holiness of life or disposition; saintliness.
Noun
sanctity (countable and uncountable, plural sanctities)
- Holiness of life or disposition; saintliness
- The condition of being considered sacred; inviolability
- Something considered sacred.
- Or would they have it believed, that there is in their ſelves ſome ſuperior ſanctity, ſome peculiar privilege, by which theſe things are lawful to them, which are unlawful to all the world beſides?1776, Jeremy Bentham, “A Short Review of the Declaration”, in John Lind, An Anſwer to the Declaration of the American Congress, London: Thomas Cadell, page 121
- […] allowed the Israeli occupation over 75 years to commit the worst crimes ever against the Palestinian people, land and sanctities.2024 January 21, Our Narrative… Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, Hamas Media Office, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2024, page 16
sanctity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sanctity in Hindi
- sanctity, virtue
- शुचिता śucitā, सुचिता sucitā
sanctity in Tamil
- பண்பு, அருள் தூய்மை, தெய்வீகப் பண்பு, இயல்பு
sanctity in Marathi
- sanctity, sanctitude
- पावित्र्य pāvitrya
sanctity in Urdu
- something considered sacred
- تَقَدُّس taqaddus
More languagesFewer languages
- sanctity in Bengali
- পবিত্রতা
- sanctity in Telugu
- పవిత్రత, పవిత్రత్వం
- sanctity in Malayalam
- പരിശുദ്ധത pariśuddhata
- sanctity in Kannada
- ಪಾವಿತ್ರ್ಯ, ಪಾವನತ್ವ, ಪೂಜ್ಯತೆ, ಪರಿಶುದ್ಧತೆ
- sanctity in Punjabi
- ਪਵਿੱਤਰਤਾ
- sanctity in Gujarati
- પવિત્રતા, પાવિત્ર્ય
- sanctity in Odia
- ପବିତ୍ରତା
- sanctity in Nepali
- पवित्रता, पावित्र्य
- sanctity in Indonesian
- kesakralan
- sanctity in Persian
- مقدس moqaddas
Examples of sanctity in a sentence
- The best mask for moral heresy is one of pretended sanctity.
- Is it because we have cast off the delusion of human sanctity?
- Bible toters tend to carry the book around as a symbol of sanctity.
Forms of sanctity
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Origin of sanctity
From Middle English sanctity, from Old French sanctete, from Latin sānctitās.
Words formed from sanctity
Phrases with sanctity
Questions about sanctity
- What does sanctity mean?
- Sanctity means holiness of life or disposition; saintliness.
- What is sanctity in Hindi?
- Sanctity in Hindi is शुचिता (śucitā), सुचिता (sucitā). See Sanctity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sanctity?
- Sanctity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sanctity?
- Sanctity is pronounced /ˈsæŋktɪti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sanctity?
- The plural of sanctity is sanctities.
Words near sanctity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sanctity (page history and authors); शुचिता (Hindi) (page history and authors); sanctity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); पावित्र्य (Marathi) (page history and authors); sanctity (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sanctity (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); പരിശുദ്ധത (Malayalam) (page history and authors); sanctity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sanctity (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sanctity (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sanctity (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sanctity (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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.
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