Definition of SANCTIFICATION

sanctification

Plural: sanctifications

Noun

  • a religious ceremony in which something is made holy
  • The (usually gradual or uncompleted) process by which a Christian believer is made holy through the action of the Holy Spirit.
  • The process of making holy; hallowing, consecration.
  • Blackmail.

Origin / Etymology

From Old French sanctificacion, from ecclesiastical Latin sanctificātionem, from sanctificāre (“to sanctify”).

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