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sanct.i.fy objHsANk7tI7faI, $-tI-v [T] fmlto make (an event or place) holy使(某事，某地)变得神圣At one time, marriages were always sanctified by the church, but this is not the case now.以前有一个时期，人们总是在教堂里举行神圣的婚礼，但现在不再如此了。Each side in the religious conflict believed that it had been sanctified by the grace of God.宗教纷争的双方都相信自己受到上帝的恩典因而是圣洁的。(fig.) This system has been sanctified by years of practice (= made acceptable because it has been done for many years).这个制度由于多年的实践而被人们视为正统。 [SANCTITY]
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