sanctify

1. (transitive) To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.Examples: "And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."Synonyms: consecratetransitive

2. (transitive) To free from sin; to purify.Examples: "And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."; "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word."Synonyms: cleanse, purifytransitive

3. (transitive) To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.Examples: "For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer."transitive

4. (transitive) To endorse with religious sanction.transitive