sanctification

From Old French sanctificacion, from ecclesiastical Latin sanctificātionem, from sanctificāre (“to sanctify”).

• IPA^(key): /saŋktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

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sanctification (countable and uncountable, plural sanctifications)

1. (theology) The (usually gradual or uncompleted) process by which a Christian believer is made holy through the action of the Holy Spirit.
2. The process of making holy; hallowing, consecration.
3. (slang, obsolete) Blackmail.

From Late Latin sānctificātiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃k.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/

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sanctification f (plural sanctifications)

1. sanctification

• “sanctification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.