spiritualized

verb

past tense of spiritualize
as in baptized

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  1. baptized
  2. sanctified
  3. canonized
  4. purified
  5. consecrated
  6. cleansed
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  • Evan Bland said his wife insisted that everyone in the home needed to be baptized in the bathtub.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
  • At Alderson, over 60 women were baptized as part of a larger Christian religious service.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of baptized
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  • Like much of the first half of the episode, before the plane crash, this gala sequence is shot in silky gold colors, as if John and Carolyn had already been sanctified.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
  • That was until Pope Leo inadvertently sanctified them in 2026.
    — Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026
Definition of sanctified
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  • This is the Tricky sound canonized.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
  • After her death she was canonized by the Catholic Church and recognized as the patron saint of immigrants.
    — Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Definition of canonized
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  • And here, the researchers simply purified the translation machinery and supplied it to the SpudCells.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
  • The amount may be infinitesimal—white sugar and bottled water are sometimes purified with charred animal bones, for instance—but some hypersensitive alpha-gal patients avoid the risk anyway.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of purified
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  • The Vatican declared the group of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide in schism after the SSPX consecrated four bishops in Switzerland without Pope Leo XIV’s approval this month.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026
  • On July 2, the Vatican decreed the excommunication of the SSPX’s bishops and priests, one day after the group consecrated four new bishops in Switzerland without the pope’s consent.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
Definition of consecrated
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  • The Beneš Decrees that ethnically cleansed tens of thousands of Hungarians from southern Slovakia after the war are still affecting contemporary Slovak-Hungarian relations today.
    — Brett R. Chloupek, The Conversation, 15 July 2026
  • Once your makeup is removed and your face is cleansed, add a hydrating cream like the All About Eyes Lightweight Eye Cream, then use the De-Puffing Eye Roller in the morning to awaken and brighten your eyes for the day.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 26 June 2026
Definition of cleansed
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“Spiritualized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritualized. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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