KJV dictionary & concordance
The act, work, or state of being made holy or set apart as holy.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 1 Corinthians 1:30
Complete exact-word concordance
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
But of him are ye in Christ Iesus, who of God is made vnto vs wisedome, and righteousnesse, and sanctification, and redemption:
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
For this is the will of God, euen your sanctification, that yee should absteine from fornication:
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
That euery one of you should know how to possesse his vessell in sanctification and honour:
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
But we are bound to giue thanks alway to God for you, brethren, beloued of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to saluation, through sanctification of the spirit, and beleefe of the trueth,
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Elect, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit vnto obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Iesus Christ: Grace vnto you and peace be multiplied.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Holiness; the act or work of making holy.
The act of making holy. […] The act of consecrating or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration.
