SANCTIFICATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does sanctification mean? • SANCTIFICATION (noun)
The noun SANCTIFICATION has 1 sense:
1. a religious ceremony in which something is made holy
Familiarity information: SANCTIFICATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SANCTIFICATION (noun)
Meaning:
A religious ceremony in which something is made holy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sanctification" is a kind of...):
religious ceremony; religious ritual (a ceremony having religious meaning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sanctification"):
beatification ((Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization)
canonisation; canonization ((Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints)
consecration ((religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God)
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