sanctified

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The canonization of the cow must needs carry a penalty with it, and Benares might be described as a sanctified byre without any labouring Hercules in prospect.

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  1. Made holy; consecrated; set apart for sacred services; hence, affecting holiness; sanctimonious: as, a sanctified whine. He finds no character so sanctified that has not its failings. Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, lxvii.

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  • Then she got saved and sanctified, and got a sweet settled experience which everyone had confidence in. —  Personal Experiences of S. O. Susag
  • I never prayed for life, but that he might be washed, sanctified, and have all God's salvation completed in his soul, and be received into the arms of his mercy. —  The Power of Faith
  • And thus the Corinthians are addressed by Paul as sanctified, although, manifestly, many of them were not holy in heart and life. —  The Theology of Holiness
  • It lasts into the grave, as I have often seen in making good men's wills when they were dying--sanctified, good men, I say. —  The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851
  • Or that all progress is from the outrageous to the academic or sanctified, and back to the outrageous--modified, however, by a trend of higher and higher approximation to the impreposterous. —  The Book of the Damned
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