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Sanctification

Sanctification Meaning & Definition
Sanctification Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sanctification?

[n] a religious ceremony in which something is made holy

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See Also | beatification | canonisation | canonization | consecration | religious ceremony | religious ritual

Sanctification In Webster's Dictionary

\Sanc`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. sanctificatio: cf. F. sanctification.] 1. The act of sanctifying or making holy; the state of being sanctified or made holy; esp. (Theol.), the act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to a supreme love to God; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified. God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. --2 Thess. ii. 13. 2. The act of consecrating, or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration. --Bp. Burnet.

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