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sanctity

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsæŋktɪti/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S AE1 NG K T IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Holiness of life or disposition; saintliness

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The condition of being considered sacred; inviolability

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Something considered sacred.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the quality of being holy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: holiness, sanctitude

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: quality

Narrower terms: sacredness

History

Etymology

From Middle English sanctity, from Old French sanctete, from Latin sānctitās.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: святост (svjatost) — condition
  • Greek: ιερότητα (ierótita) — condition
  • Indonesian: kesakralan — condition
  • Latin: sanctitās — condition
  • Māori: rongomaiwhiti — condition
  • Russian: свя́тость (svjátostʹ) — condition
  • Russian: свяще́нность (svjaščénnostʹ) — condition
  • Spanish: santidad — condition
  • Bulgarian: светиня (svetinja) — something considered sacred
  • Carpathian Rusyn: святыня (svjatŷnja) — something considered sacred
  • Pannonian Rusyn: святиня (svjatinja) — something considered sacred
  • Persian: مقدس (moqaddas) — something considered sacred
  • Russian: святы́ня (svjatýnja) — something considered sacred
  • Serbo-Croatian: светиња — something considered sacred
  • Serbo-Croatian: svetinja — something considered sacred
  • Ukrainian: святиня (svjatynja) — something considered sacred
  • Urdu: تَقَدُّس (taqaddus) — something considered sacred