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SANCTITUDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sanctitude mean?
• SANCTITUDE (noun)
The noun SANCTITUDE has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being holy
Familiarity information: SANCTITUDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being holy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
holiness; sanctitude; sanctity
Hypernyms ("sanctitude" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Attribute:
holy (belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power)
unhallowed; unholy (not hallowed or consecrated)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sanctitude"):
sacredness (the quality of being sacred)
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