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Sanctity — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Sanctity Información personal Origen Asheville, Carolina del Norte, EE.UU. Información artística Género(s) … Wikipedia Español
Sanctity — Sanc ti*ty, n.; pl. {Sanctities}. [L. sanctitas, from sanctus holy. See {Saint}.] 1. The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness. [1913 Webster] To sanctity she made no pretense, and, indeed,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sanctity — • Explains the meaning of the term sanctity as employed in somewhat different senses in relation to God, to individual men, and to a corporate body Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
sanctity — ► NOUN (pl. sanctities) 1) holiness; saintliness. 2) ultimate importance and inviolability: the sanctity of human life. ORIGIN Old French sainctite, from Latin sanctus holy … English terms dictionary
Sanctity — Allgemeine I … Deutsch Wikipedia
sanctity — index good faith, honesty Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
sanctity — late 14c., from O.Fr. sanctité, from L. sanctitatem (nom. sanctitas) holiness, sacredness, from sanctus holy (see SAINT (Cf. saint)) … Etymology dictionary
sanctity — *holiness … New Dictionary of Synonyms
sanctity — [n] holiness asceticism, blessedness, consecration, devotion, devoutness, divineness, divinity, faith, godliness, goodness, grace, hallowedness, inviolability, mercy, piety, purity, religiousness, reverence, righteousness, sacredness, saintliness … New thesaurus
sanctity — [saŋk′tə tē] n. pl. sanctities [L sanctitas < sanctus (see SAINT) + itas, ITY] 1. saintliness or holiness 2. the fact of being sacred or inviolable 3. anything held sacred … English World dictionary
sanctity — sanc|ti|ty [ˈsæŋktıti] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: saincteté, from Latin sanctitas, from sanctus; SAINT] 1.) the sanctity of life/marriage etc the quality that makes life, marriage etc so important that it must be respected and… … Dictionary of contemporary English
