Associations to the word «Sanctity»

Wiktionary

SANCTITY, noun. (uncountable) Holiness of life or disposition; saintliness
SANCTITY, noun. (uncountable) The condition of being considered sacred; inviolability
SANCTITY, noun. (countable) Something considered sacred.
SANCTITY OF CONFESSORS, proper noun. (Christianity) An epithet of Jesus.

Dictionary definition

SANCTITY, noun. The quality of being holy.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats