sanctity

英语

词源

源自中古英语 sanctity，源自古法语 sanctete，源自拉丁语 sānctitās。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助)：/ˈsæŋktɪti/
• 断字：sanc‧ti‧ty

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名词

sanctity (可数 和 不可数，复数 sanctities)

1. (不可数) 神圣，圣洁，不可侵犯
2. (可数) 神圣的事物，不可侵犯的事物
   • 1776, Jeremy Bentham, “A Short Review of the Declaration”, 出自 John Lind, An Anſwer to the Declaration of the American Congress‎^[1], London: Thomas Cadell，页号 121:

     Or would they have it believed, that there is in their ſelves ſome ſuperior ſanctity, ſome peculiar privilege, by which theſe things are lawful to them, which are unlawful to all the world beſides?

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衍生词汇

• odor of sanctity, odour of sanctity

异序词

• cystatin, scantity