unsanctified
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8.9
- adjective
- /ʌnˈsæŋk.tɪ.faɪd/
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no consagrado
- In this unsanctified place, the whispers of the past seemed to echo through the empty halls.
Examples
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I hope, in no place so unsanctified, where such as thou mayst find him.
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The old cemetery was filled with unsanctified graves, leaving a feeling of unease among visitors.
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And no place so unsanctified where such as thou mayst find him.
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And no place so unsanctified where such as thou mayst find him.
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Abel gathered the other mummies from her court, and destroyed them, then buried them in unsanctified ground.
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And, but that great command o'ersways the order, she should in ground unsanctified have lodged till the last trumpet.
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Her death was doubtful, and but that great command o'ersways the order she should in ground unsanctified have lodge till the last trumpet.
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But I will go to Wessex as a widow from these vows... as solemn as they are unsanctified.
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As refashioned by Goodwin, the pagan is blessed with spiritual insight, is disconnected from unsanctified churchgoers, and is set free from conniving Satan.
Academic text (2018) -
They comprise the sluagh, the band of the unsanctified dead who hover above the earth, snatching up to themselves the undefended mortals they then use to rain down elf-shot against men and cattle.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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6.1
Not sacred and not fit for worship
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6.3
Not related to religion, like everyday life or art
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9.0
Not made holy or set aside for religious use
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9.9
A thing not made holy or blessed
Not holy or used in religious ceremonies
Antonyms
How Sacred
Surface Forms
Morphology
unsanctified = sanctified (transparent) = un + sanctify + ed
The negative prefix 'un-' is productively attached to the participial adjective 'sanctified' to yield the direct opposite meaning.
Etymology
Unsanctified breaks into un- 'not' and sanctified, which comes from the Latin sanctus 'holy' and is the same root you see in sanctuary and saint. So unsanctified literally means 'not made holy', which is why it describes a place or thing not treated as sacred.