Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sanctity"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sanctity \Sanc"ti*ty\, n.; pl. {Sanctities}. [L. sanctitas, from
sanctus holy. See {Saint}.]
1. The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness;
saintliness; moral purity; godliness.

To sanctity she made no pretense, and, indeed,
narrowly escaped the imputation of irreligion.
--Macaulay.

2. Sacredness; solemnity; inviolability; religious binding
force; as, the sanctity of an oath.

3. A saint or holy being. [R.]

About him all the sanctities of heaven. --Milton.

Syn: Holiness; godliness; piety; devotion; goodness; purity;
religiousness; sacredness; solemnity. See the Note under
{Religion}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

sanctity
n : the quality of being holy [syn: {holiness}] [ant: {unholiness}]

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