['sæŋktifaid]
adj.
神圣化的, 认可的, 批准的

[ adj ]
made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use
<adj.all>
a consecrated churchthe sacred mosque
sacred elephants
sacred bread and wine
sanctified wine

Sanctified \Sanc"ti*fied\, a.
Made holy; also, made to have the air of sanctity;
sanctimonious.


Sanctify \Sanc"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sanctified}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Sanctifying}.] [F. sanctifier, L. sanctificare;
sanctus holy + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Saint}, and
{-fy}.]
1. To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or
religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to
hallow.

God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it.
--Gen. ii. 3.

Moses . . . sanctified Aaron and his garments.
--Lev. viii.
30.

2. To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption
and pollution; to purify.

Sanctify them through thy truth. --John xvii.
17.

3. To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render
productive of holiness or piety.

A means which his mercy hath sanctified so to me as
to make me repent of that unjust act. --Eikon
Basilike.

4. To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness,
inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the
like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to.

The holy man, amazed at what he saw,
Made haste to sanctify the bliss by law. --Dryden.

Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line. --Pope.