All 3 Uses of
sanctification
in
The Scarlet Letter
- Again a mystic sisterhood would contumaciously assert itself, as she met the sanctified frown of some matron, who, according to the rumour of all tongues, had kept cold snow within her bosom throughout life.†
Chpt 5 *
- In their eyes, the very ground on which he trod was sanctified.†
Chpt 11
- And, even with this terror in his heart, he could hardly avoid laughing, to imagine how the sanctified old patriarchal deacon would have been petrified by his minister's impiety.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
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(sanctification) a religious ceremony in which something is made holy