English → Latin
“sanctify” in Latin
pietāsdutiful conduct, sense of duty and responsibility; piety, conscientiousness, scrupulousness; duty, dutifulness, affectiovirtūsmanhood, manliness, virility; courage, valor, resoluteness, gallantry; virtue, goodnesssānctussacred, made inviolable, having been established as sacred.; sanctified or made holy; venerable, august, divine, blessedreligiōsuspious, devout, religious; scrupulous; sacred, taboocolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden; to inhabit; to frequent, be the guardian of, cherish,
The English word sanctify itself goes back to Latin sanciō, through sānctificō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sanctify
To make holy, sanctum facere; pietatis, virtutis, sanctimoniae studio imbuere; ad vitae sanctitatem adducere aliquem.
To consecrate, Vid:
To venerate, worship, sancte, religiose, pie colere; sancte venerari.
To observe religiously, sancte observare, colere, religiose colere aliquid (e.g., dies festos).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sanctify?
- The usual Latin words for “sanctify” are pietās, virtūs, sānctus; also religiōsus, colō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.