KJV Dictionary Definition: sanctificate

sanctificate

SANC'TIFICATE, v.t. To sanctify. Not in use.

sanctification

SANCTIFICA'TION, n. See Sanctify.

1. The act of making holy. In an evangelical sense, the act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to a supreme love to God.

God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. 2Thess. 2. 1Peter 1.

2. The act of consecrating or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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