Difference between Sanctify and Bless

SANCTIFY vs BLESS: VERB

Make pure or free from sin or guilt
To make holy; to consecrate. Set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
To free from sin; to purify.
To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
To endorse with religious sanction.
Render holy by means of religious rites

Confer prosperity or happiness on
Give a benediction to
Make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
Render holy by means of religious rites
To make something blessed, to confer blessing upon.
(past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.

SANCTIFY vs BLESS: TRANSITIVE VERB

To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to.
To set apart for sacred use; consecrate.
To make holy; purify.
To give religious sanction to, as with an oath or vow.
To give social or moral sanction to.
To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.
To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify.
To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.

To invoke divine favor upon:
To make holy by religious rite; sanctify.
To favor or endow with; to be favored or endowed with.
To secure, defend, or preserve from.
An exclamation of surprise.
To wave; to brandish.
To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
To guard; to keep; to protect.
To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate.
To confer well-being or prosperity on.
To honor as holy; glorify.
To endow, as with talent.
To make the sign of the cross over.

SANCTIFY vs BLESS: INTERJECTION

Used as an expression of endearment, or (ironically) belittlement.

SANCTIFY vs BLESS: OTHER WORD TYPES

Give religious sanction to, such as through an oath
Synonyms To hallow.
To celebrate or confess as holy.
To keep pure; render inviolable.
To make free from guilt; give a religious or a legal sanction to.
To make efficient as a means of holiness; render productive of spiritual blessing.
To consecrate; set apart from a common to a sacred use; hallow or render sacred; invest with a sacred or elevated character: said of things or persons.
To make holy or clean, either ceremonially or morally and spiritually; purify or free from sin.

To wound; hurt; beat; thump.
[Appar. a deflection of sense Some fancy that it refers to “the old rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all parts of it” (see bless).] To wave; brandish.
To consecrate or set apart to holy or sacred purposes; make or pronounce holy: formerly occasionally used of persons.
To consecrate (a thing) by a religious rite, as with prayer and thanksgiving; consecrate or hallow by asking God's blessing on: as, to bless food.
To sanctify (one's self) by making the sign of the cross, especially as a defense against evil influences or agencies: used reflexively.
To defend; preserve; protect or guard from evil; reflexively, to guard one's self from; avoid; eschew.
To invoke or pronounce a blessing upon (another or others); commend to God's favor or protection.
To confer well-being upon; bestow happiness, prosperity, or good of any kind upon; make happy, prosperous, or fortunate; prosper with temporal or spiritual benefits: as, a nation blessed with peace and plenty.
To favor (with); make happy or fortunate by some specified means: as, blessed with a good constitution; blessed with filial children.
To praise or extol as holy or worthy of reverence, or
As the giver of benefits; extol or glorify with thankful acknowledgment of benefits received.
To esteem or account happy; congratulate; felicitate: used reflexively.
[Often used in exclamations with various shades of meaning departing more or less widely from the literal sense: as, God bless me! bless you! bless the mark! etc.]
To ejaculate “Bless me,” “God bless me,” or the like.
Consecrate
(idiom) (bless you) Used to wish good health to a person who has just sneezed.

SANCTIFY vs BLESS: RELATED WORDS

Ordain, Baptize, Desecrate, Undefiled, Venerate, Ennoble, Baptise, Defile, Blaspheme, Exalt, Justify, Hallow, Purify, Consecrate, Bless

Wade, Save, Yer, Praise, Protect, Glorify, Sir, Dedicate, Love, Thank, God, Sign, Hallow, Consecrate, Sanctify

SANCTIFY vs BLESS: DESCRIBE WORDS

Glorify, Ordain, Desecrate, Undefiled, Venerate, Ennoble, Baptise, Defile, Blaspheme, Exalt, Justify, Hallow, Purify, Consecrate, Bless

Wade, Save, Yer, Praise, Protect, Glorify, Sir, Dedicate, Love, Thank, God, Sign, Hallow, Consecrate, Sanctify

SANCTIFY vs BLESS: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

All three persons work to create, redeem and sanctify.
He might sanctify the people by His own blood.
Catholic people sanctify their homes with the sacred symbol.
And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly.
Set bounds about the mountain and sanctify it.
Bless us and sanctify what we do here,.
The word sanctify means to make one holy.
Details and RSVP on the Sanctify Facebook page.
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts.
God is said to sanctify, and man is said to sanctify.

God bless our native land, Her homes and children bless, Oh may she ever stand For truth and righteousness.
God bless you, and God bless the great state of Illinois.
God bless you, and God bless the great state of Oklahoma!
May God bless you richly throughout your life, as you bless Him.
God bless you and God bless Enterprise State for the years to come.
God bless you, and may He forever bless these United States of America.
God bless our parish, may God bless our city, and may God bless the United States of America.
Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse them.
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
God bless El Assico, and God bless the state of Iowa for continuing to bless us with its bounty of shit.

SANCTIFY vs BLESS: QUESTIONS

Did Moses fail to sanctify me in the eyes of the people?
What did Joshua say to the people to sanctify themselves?
What does every one that hath this hope in him sanctify himself?
What does it mean to sanctify a woman by washing her?
What does the Bible say about sanctify through thy truth?

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SANCTIFY AND BLESS

SANCTIFY vs BLESS: VERB

SANCTIFY vs BLESS: TRANSITIVE VERB

SANCTIFY vs BLESS: INTERJECTION

SANCTIFY vs BLESS: OTHER WORD TYPES

SANCTIFY vs BLESS: RELATED WORDS

SANCTIFY vs BLESS: DESCRIBE WORDS

SANCTIFY vs BLESS: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

SANCTIFY vs BLESS: QUESTIONS