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SANCTITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being holy
Synonyms:
holiness; sanctitude; sanctity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("sanctity" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Attribute:
holy (belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power)
unhallowed; unholy (not hallowed or consecrated)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sanctity"):
sacredness (the quality of being sacred)
