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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
sanctity
 
SYLLABICATION:sanc·ti·ty
PRONUNCIATION:  sngkt-t
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. sanc·ti·ties
1. Holiness of life or disposition; saintliness. 2. The quality or condition of being considered sacred; inviolability. 3. Something considered sacred.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English saunctite, from Old French sainctite, from Latin snctits, from snctus, sacred. See sanctify.
 
 
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