Category:Sanctity

Sanc"ti*ty, n.; pl. Sanctities. Etym: [l. sanctitas, from sanctus Holy. See saint.]

1. The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; Saintliness; moral purity; godliness. To sanctity she made no pretense, and, indeed, narrowly escaped the Imputation of irreligion. Macaulay.

2. Sacredness; solemnity; inviolability; religious binding force; as, The sanctity of an oath.

3. A saint or holy being. [r.] About him all the sanctities of heaven. Milton.

Syn. -- holiness; godliness; piety; devotion; goodness; purity; Religiousness;sacredness; solemnity. See the note under religion.