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sanctity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sanctity

the quality or state of being spiritually pure or virtuous

the sanctity of the elderly nun shone through in her every word and gesture

Synonyms of sanctity

blessedness, devoutness, godliness, holiness, piety, piousness, sainthood, saintliness, saintship

Words Related to sanctity

asceticism, devotion, morality, prayerfulness, religiousness, spirituality

goodness, rectitude, righteousness, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness

consecration, sacredness

Near Antonyms of sanctity

blasphemousness, irreverence, sacrilegiousness

depravedness, depravity, evilness, heinousness, monstrosity, sinfulness, vileness, wickedness

hypocrisy, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony

Antonyms of sanctity

godlessness, impiety, ungodliness, unholiness

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