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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SANC'TITY, n. [L. sanctitas.]
1. Holiness; state of being sacred or holy. God attributes no sanctity to place.
2. Goodness; purity; godliness; as the sanctity of love; sanctity of manners.
3. Sacredness; solemnity; as the sanctity of an oath.
4. A saint or holy being.
About him all the sanctities of heav'n - [Unusual.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the quality of being holy [syn: holiness, sanctity, sanctitude] [ant: unholiness]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Middle English saunctite, from Anglo-French sainteté, from Latin sanctitat-, sanctitas, from sanctus sacred Date: 14th century 1. holiness of life and character ; godliness 2. a. the quality or state of being holy or sacred ; inviolability b. plural sacred objects, obligations, or rights

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 holiness of life; saintliness. 2 sacredness; the state of being hallowed. 3 inviolability. 4 (in pl.) sacred obligations, feelings, etc. Etymology: ME f. OF sain(c)tité or L sanctitas (as SAINT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. To sanctity she made no pretense, and, indeed, narrowly escaped the imputation of irreligion. --Macaulay. 2. Sacredness; solemnity; inviolability; religious binding force; as, the sanctity of an oath. 3. A saint or holy being. [R.] About him all the sanctities of heaven. --Milton. Syn: Holiness; godliness; piety; devotion; goodness; purity; religiousness; sacredness; solemnity. See the Note under Religion.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you talk about the sanctity of something, you mean that it is very important and must be treated with respect. ...the sanctity of human life. N-UNCOUNT: oft the N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Purity, holiness, godliness, saintliness, goodness, piety, grace, devotion, religiousness. 2. Sacredness, inviolability, solemnity.

Moby Thesaurus

Christianity, Christlikeness, Christliness, angelicalness, beauty of holiness, dedication, devotion, divinity, fear of God, godlikeness, godliness, godly-mindedness, goodness, grace, heavenliness, heavenly-mindedness, holiness, holy-mindedness, odor of sanctity, otherworldliness, piety, pureness, pureness of heart, purity, righteousness, sacredness, sainthood, saintlikeness, saintliness, saintship, sanctitude, seraphicalness, spiritual-mindedness, spirituality, unearthliness, unworldliness, uprightness