Definitions for sanctity

sanctity sanc·ti·ty

Spelling: [sangk-ti-tee]
IPA: /ˈsæŋk tɪ ti/

Sanctity is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 231 anagrams from letters in sanctity (acinstty).

Definitions for sanctity

noun

  1. holiness, saintliness, or godliness.
  2. sacred or hallowed character:
  3. a sacred thing.

Origin of sanctity

1350-1400; Latin sānctitās holiness, equivalent to sānct- (see Sanctus) + -itās -ity; replacing Middle English sauntite Anglo-French Latin,

Examples for sanctity

De Blasio cited the sanctity of the vote and said he did not have to answer.

It seemed to me to have a sanctity just because it was traditional.

Talk about faith, about honor, about justice, and the sanctity of contracts.

Paeans to patrimony and to the sanctity of land are good at rallying the faithful not only for Jews, but also Arabs.

It was only much later that I began to question his sanctity, and then to hate what he stood for.

Its sanctity may have been grievously insulted by the High Court today, but that sanctity remains untouched.

Whatever the sanctity of her marriage, the law might fail her.

The sanctity of human life is the canting cry of the falsely sentimental.

As teenagers, we were taught about the sanctity of life with a graphic depiction of an aborted fetus.

Here is sanctity which shames our religions, and reality which discredits our heroes.

Word Value for sanctity
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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