as in holiness
the quality or state of being spiritually pure or virtuous
the sanctity of the elderly nun shone through in her every word and gesture
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Recent Examples of sanctity
Hospitals now have new healthcare sanctity and privacy requirements for law enforcement visits, tighter guidelines for releasing health information and instructions to protect information about patients' immigration status.
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Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
And managed to wrecking-ball the entire operation, plus piss off all their Paris clients (save for Antoine), and forever destroy the sanctity of Solitano.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
Despite being one of the most in-demand actors in Hollywood, Bergman sought to preserve the sanctity of her domestic life.
—Juliana Ukiomogbe, Architectural Digest, 15 Dec. 2025
At this stage, keeping Bonds out of the Hall isn’t about protecting the sanctity of the game.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
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Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
And managed to wrecking-ball the entire operation, plus piss off all their Paris clients (save for Antoine), and forever destroy the sanctity of Solitano.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
Despite being one of the most in-demand actors in Hollywood, Bergman sought to preserve the sanctity of her domestic life.
—Juliana Ukiomogbe, Architectural Digest, 15 Dec. 2025
At this stage, keeping Bonds out of the Hall isn’t about protecting the sanctity of the game.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanctity
Noun
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For millions of people, for more than 2,000 years, the advent has represented an opportunity to reflect, to anticipate—to make holiness out of the spiritual equivalent of standing in line, to sit in stillness during the year’s darkest time and know the light is coming.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
18 Nov. 2025
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Here, and in the show’s finale, Lipton nails a very Wilderean combination of bluntness, holiness, and dry humor.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
14 Nov. 2025
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With Neptune entering Aries on January 26th, your sector of travel, higher learning, spirituality, and belief systems is activated for the next thirteen years.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
25 Jan. 2026
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Drawing on the ancient tradition of praying to venerable trees — seen as conduits between heaven and earth — the installation reframes the practice as a symbolic bridge between Eastern spirituality and Western luxury.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Sanctity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanctity. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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