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Word Meanings - SANCTITY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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;

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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. About him all the sanctities of heaven. Milton. Syn. -- Holiness; godliness; piety; devotion; goodness; purity; religiousness;sacredness; solemnity. See the Note under Religion.

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    White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion. Thou cream-faced loon. Shak.
  • CREMASTERIC
    Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.
  • CREBRICOSTATE
    Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
  • CREDIBLY
    In a manner inducing belief; as, I have been credibly informed of the event.
  • CREEP
    to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. 1. To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl. Ye that walk The earth, and stately
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    Pertaining to, or derived from, cresol, creosote, etc. Cresylic acid. See Cresol.
  • CREATURELY
    Creatural; characteristic of a creature. "Creaturely faculties." Cheyne.
  • CREATIONAL
    Of or pertaining to creation.
  • CREMOR
    Cream; a substance resembling cream; yeast; scum.
  • CRENELATION
    The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure.
  • CREATION
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    To make a prolonged sharp grating or ssqueaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak. The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. Dryden. Doors upon their hinges creaked. Tennyson.
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  • CRETONNE
    1. A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and welt of flax. 2. A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft. 3. A kind of chintz with a glossy surface.
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    With credulity.
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    1. The act of crepitating or crackling. A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air. A crepitant rĂ¢le.
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    1. Deprived of existence; annihilated. Beau. & Fl. 2. Not yet created; as, misery uncreated. Milton. 3. Not existing by creation; self-existent; eternal; as, God is an uncreated being. Locke.
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    A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
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    A chiding; rebuke; reproof. Hammond.
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    With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff , or indicated by the sign.
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    In a concrete manner.
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    In an incredulous manner; with incredulity.
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    Incredibility.
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