Antonyms for unsanctified


Grammar : Adj
Spell : sangk-tuh-fahyd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæŋk təˌfaɪd


Definition of unsanctified

Origin :
  • late 14c., seintefie "to consecrate," from Old French saintefier "sanctify" (12c., Modern French sanctifier), from Late Latin sanctificare "to make holy," from sanctus "holy" (see saint (n.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Form altered in English c.1400 to conform with Latin. Meaning "to render holy or legitimate by religious sanction" is from c.1400; transferred sense of "to render worthy of respect" is from c.1600. Related: Sanctified; sanctifying.
  • As in profane : adj immoral, crude, disrespectful of religion
  • As in temporal : adj material, worldly
  • As in unholy : adj sacrilegious
  • As in unhallowed : adj unholy
  • As in cursed : adj damned, doomed for bad ending
  • As in impious : adj not religious
Example sentences :
  • Our unsanctified affections must also become purified from every taint of depravity.
  • Extract from : « Sanctification » by J. W. Byers
  • He only seemed to say, "Defile not Heaven's anointed with unsanctified hands."
  • Extract from : « The Innocents Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Appreciation is as dear to the sanctified as the unsanctified heart.
  • Extract from : « Rose Clark » by Fanny Fern
  • And therefore will you but try yourselves, whether you are unsanctified or not?
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
  • The eyes of one unsanctified might not gaze upon mysteries of the blest.
  • Extract from : « Folle-Farine » by Ouida
  • Are there not many of them yet outside the gate, unforgiven, unsanctified, and unfit to die?
  • Extract from : « Practical Religion » by John Charles Ryle
  • There was a thought in my mind at the moment—an unsanctified thought.
  • Extract from : « The Bandolero » by Mayne Reid
  • It is just an effusion of the malignity of the unsanctified heart.
  • Extract from : « The National Preacher, Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec. 1827 » by Aaron W. Leland and Elihu W. Baldwin
  • Resolutions are formed, but the current of the unsanctified affections sweeps them away.
  • Extract from : « Calvinistic Controversy » by Wilbur Fisk
  • It is a wonderful letter, which no Christian genius, much less one unsanctified, could ever have written.
  • Extract from : « Life On The Mississippi, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Synonyms for unsanctified

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