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Sanctity is a word used only for religious purposes.
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English Way: Studies in English Sanctity from St. Bede to Newman, edited by Maisie Ward (London [1933], pp. 268-96).
BAROQUE IN LITERATURE REN 1968
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Truly Madam, there's a great Difference in the Men; yet Heav'n at first did it's part, but the Divel has since so over-done his, that what with the Vizor of Sanctity, which is the gadly Sneere, the drawing of the Face to a prodigious length, the formal language, with
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Running out the door, Bush declared the final so-called Sanctity of Life Day for January 18th.
RHRealityCheck.org 2009
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"Sanctity" is one of those church words but essentially it is the belief that life, and the creation of human life is a sacred, sacred thing.
Five Cent Stand 2009
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While in Egypt she was undoubtedly taken as the symbol of sexual attractiveness par excellence, in Western Asia, where her person is much more elusive, she took her origin in a hypostasis of the "Sanctity" of the mother-goddess Asherah.
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The "Sanctity" of Marriage and the Gay Marriage Flap
Archive 2004-02-01 2004
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The "Sanctity" of Marriage and the Gay Marriage Flap
Archive 2004-02-01 2004
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Reality Show Screws with the "Sanctity" of Marriage / Dustin Rowles
Pajiba 2009
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Sanctity consists in making life good for everyone whose life we touch.
Sister Joan Chittister, OSB: How I Came To Understand Sin OSB Sister Joan Chittister 2011
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