Usually means: Making holy through divine grace.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word sanctifying:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. sanctifying: Merriam-Webster
  2. sanctifying: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sanctifying: Collins English Dictionary
  4. sanctifying: Vocabulary.com
  5. Sanctifying, sanctifying: Wordnik
  6. sanctifying: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. sanctifying: Wiktionary
  8. sanctifying: Dictionary.com
  9. sanctifying: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Sanctifying: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Sanctifying: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. sanctifying: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. sanctifying: FreeDictionary.org
  14. sanctifying: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sanctifying: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  sanctification

Similar:
hallow, consecrate, bless, purify, sanctification, sanctuarization, sanification, sacralization, unction, purification, more...

Opposite:
desecrating, profaning, defiling, demeaning

Types:
baptism, confirmation, holy orders, penance, anointing of sick, marriage, reconciliation, more...

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Similar:
hallow, consecrate, bless, purify, sanctification, sanctuarization, sanification, sacralization, unction, purification, more...

Opposite:
desecrating, profaning, defiling, demeaning

Types:
baptism, confirmation, holy orders, penance, anointing of sick, marriage, reconciliation, more...



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