sanctify是什么意思

sanctify

英 ['s??(k)t?fa?] 美 ['s??kt?fa?]

sanctify 使神圣化，批準(zhǔn)，認(rèn)可

sanct-,神圣的，-fy,使。即使神圣，原指對有德行的人和虔誠的人宣圣，封為圣徒，引申詞義批準(zhǔn)，認(rèn)可。

sanctify (v.): late 14c., seintefie "to consecrate," from Old French saintefier "sanctify" (12c., Modern French sanctifier), from Late Latin sanctificare "to make holy," from sanctus "holy" (see saint (n.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Form altered in English c. 1400 to conform with Latin. Meaning "to render holy or legitimate by religious sanction" is from c. 1400; transferred sense of "to render worthy of respect" is from c. 1600. Related: Sanctified; sanctifying.

1. In 1897, to sanctify the trumperies of imperialism.: 1897年的慶典是對五光十色的帝國主義政策的御前恩準(zhǔn).

2. St. Francis wanted to sanctify poverty, not to abolish it.: 圣弗朗西斯想圣化貧困而不是消除它.

3. Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.: 約17:17求你用真理使他們成圣. 你的道就是真理.

4. May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through.: 愿賜43平安的神親自使你們?nèi)怀?4圣.

5. Jn. 17:17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.: 約十七17求你用真理圣別他們, 你的話就是真理.