Meanings
nounsanctitude (countable and uncountable, plural sanctitudes)
plural sanctitudes
- countableuncountableholiness; sacredness; sanctity
[...] in thir looks Divine / The image of thir glorious Maker ſhon, / Truth, Wiſdome, Sanctitude ſevere and pure, / Severe, but in true filial freedom plac't
1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 291–294 - countableuncountableaffected holiness; sanctimoniousness
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Latinsanctitudo
- Englishsanctitude
From Latin sanctitudo.
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sanctitude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanctitude
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“sanctitude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanctitude. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sanctitude,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanctitude.
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