noun. The act of sanctifying or making holy; in theology, the act of God's grace by which the affections are purified and the soul is cleansed from sin and consecrated to God.

noun. The state of being sanctified, purified, or made holy; conformity of the heart and life to the will of God.

noun. Consecration.

noun. The act of sanctifying or making holy; the state of being sanctified or made holy

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

noun. The (usually gradual or uncompleted) process by which a Christian believer is made holy through the action of the Holy Spirit.

noun. The process of making holy; hallowing, consecration.

noun. Blackmail.

noun. a religious ceremony in which something is made holy

"At the same time, our sanctification is regarded here as perfect in Christ, into whom we are grafted at regeneration or conversion, and who is "made of God unto us (perfect) sanctification" (1Co 1: 30; 1Pe 1: 2; Jude 1): not merely progressive sanctification, which is the gradual development of the sanctification which Christ is made to the believer from the first. in his sight -- in God's sight, at Christ's appearing."

religious ceremony  religious ritual  

beatification  canonisation  canonization  consecration  

Alsatian  Americanization  Appalachian  Balkanization  Christianization  

Eucharist  alleviation  atonement  consecration  damnation  

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