set+apart+as+sacred

  • 41consecrate — v. a. 1. Dedicate, devote, ordain, set apart as sacred, appropriate to sacred uses. 2. Hallow, sanctify, make or render venerable or reverend …

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  • 42sanc|ti|fied — «SANGK tuh fyd», adjective. 1. made holy; set apart for sacred services; consecrated; sacred. 2. sanctimonious: »a sanctified whine …

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  • 43sanc|tum — «SANGK tuhm», noun, plural tums, (Rare) ta « tuh». 1. a sacred place. 2. a private room or office where a person can be undisturbed. SYNONYM(S): study. 3. Figurative. anything set apart as sacred. ╂ …

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  • 44Priesthood — Priest hood, n. 1. The office or character of a priest; the priestly function. Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster] 2. Priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart for sacred offices; the order of priests. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 45sanctify — sanctifiable, adj. sanctifiableness, n. sanctifiably, adv. sanctification, n. sanctifier, n. sanctifyingly, adv. /sangk teuh fuy /, v.t., sanctified, sanctifying. 1. to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate …

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  • 46Anathema —    Anything laid up or suspended; hence anything laid up in a temple or set apart as sacred. In this sense the form of the word is anath(ee)ma, once in plural used in the Greek New Testament, in Luke 21:5, where it is rendered gifts. In the LXX.… …

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  • 47sanctify — /ˈsæŋktəfaɪ / (say sangktuhfuy) verb (t) (sanctified, sanctifying) 1. to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate. 2. to purify or free from sin: sanctify your hearts. 3. to impart religious sanction to; render legitimate or binding: to… …

  • 48con|se|crat|ed — «KON suh KRAY tihd», adjective. set apart as sacred; made holy; hallowed …

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  • 49sanc|ti|fy — «SANGK tuh fy», transitive verb, fied, fy|ing. 1. to make holy; make legitimate or binding by a religious sanction: »to sanctify a marriage. We will our youth lead on to higher fields, And draw no swords, but what are sanctify d (Shakespeare). 2 …

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  • 50Introduction —    Sacred music is a universal phenomenon of humanity. Where there is faith, there is music to express it. Every major religious tradition and most minor ones have music and have it in abundance and variety. There is music to accompany ritual and …

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