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Sanctify (Verb)

Render holy by means of religious rites.

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

The priest performed rituals to sanctify the church's new altar before its first use in a mass ceremony.
They believed that praying and fasting could sanctify even the most mundane of tasks and make them a form of worship.
The blessing from the bishop was to sanctify the newlywed couple's union.
Many people visit the sacred river to sanctify themselves through a ritual bath.
The act of consecration served to sanctify the relics that would be placed in the shrine.

Make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified".

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..