The word 'sanctify' is correct and usable in written English.
It means to make holy or to purify. Example: The priest sanctified the water before using it in the baptism ceremony. Another example: She hoped that the weekend retreat would help her sanctify her thoughts and find inner peace.
While most historical films simplify things, this one doesn't completely sanctify its protagonist.
That is also why there has been no link between pay and performance: lacklustre firms followed the escalator too, perhaps in order to attract good managers, or out of pride, or because their shareholders failed to prevent it.The fact that this is a market outcome does not sanctify the resultYet the fact that this is a market outcome does not sanctify the result.
No vote will sanctify this shift in power there will be no general election to draw the party together against its rivals, no party contest to make candidates define and test their ideas.
Secondly, opponents say affirmative action undermines equality of opportunity and meritocracy fragile concepts in Brazil, where privilege, nepotism and contacts have long been routes to advancement.Proponents of affirmative action say these arguments sanctify an unjust status quo.
The barrel-shaped object, covered in cuneiform Akkadian script proclaiming Cyrus II, better known as Cyrus the Great, as Persia's new emperor, was not even intended to be seen again when it was buried in the foundations of a Babylonian temple (probably to sanctify it) around 2,500 years ago.
They are benign attempts to encourage heterosexual couples to sanctify and stabilise their relationships for the benefit of potential offspring.The obvious counter-charge to this asserted state interest is that plenty of gay couples have children while many straight couples do not.
The Bolsheviks destroyed churches and shot priests, but they also adopted Orthodox Christianity, borrowing its imagery and language to sanctify their rule.
Heads were once needed to sanctify a new common house and in a host of other ceremonies.
Father, may this Holy Spirit sanctify these offerings.
Perfection was to be the goal of all those who desired to be altogether Christian; it implied that the God who is good enough to forgive sin (justify) is obviously great enough to transform the sinners into saints (sanctify), thus enabling them to be free from outward sin as well as from "evil thoughts and tempers"—in short, to attain to a measure of holiness.
Another sage, Bhagiratha, brought the Ganges River down from heaven to sanctify their ashes and, in the process, created the ocean.
