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Sanctified, -fiet, -feed, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. sanctifiede (c1485); Sanctify v.] Invested with sanctity; made holy. — 1587-99 Hume 86/205.
Learne to be sad, silent, sober and sanctified: … and pansing on heauenlie things 1600 Misc. Bann. C. I 171.
I wes thair mouth indeid, choissin be thame, sanctifiet be prayer 1619 Garden Elphinstoun 12.
A man of all most spiritfull, Most sanctifeed and sage 1684 Cloud of Witnesses 216.
I mean of these who are elected, called, justified and sanctified
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