Sanctity

(n.) The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness.

(n.) Sacredness; solemnity; inviolability; religious binding force; as, the sanctity of an oath.

(n.) A saint or holy being.

校对:韦恩

• Never had Lefferts so abounded in the sentiments that adorn Christian manhood and exalt the sanctity of the home. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The sanctity of their dress will not only protect them, but serve to conceal their political and commercial investigations. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Closely related to the constitution and just as decadent to-day are the Sanctity of Private Property, Vested Rights, Competition the Life of Trade, Prosperity (at any cost). 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• There's a sanctity in this relation of life,' said Mr. Bounderby, 'and—and—it must be kept up. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• He does not care for that: when my time came to die, he would resign me, in all serenity and sanctity, to the God who gave me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• We all feel the sanctity of our sex as a high privilege when we see danger. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• What to him the sanctity of the star which the Son of God has hallowed as his own emblem? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Never mind, when we become as civilized as you, we also will mask our wickedness under the cloak of sanctity. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.

编辑:威尔玛