Vocabulary
Sanctity
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the state or quality of being holy, sacred, or saintly.
Urdu meaning
تقدس، پاکی، حرمت
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Once considered unthinkable, public pressure on the Fed chair to lower interest rates as well as the abrupt dismissal of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labour Statistics have raised concerns about the sanctity of US institutions.
- The great champion of democracy does not seem to have any problem now when the sanctity ofthe voteisbeingerushed.m The writer is an author and joumalist.
- One cannot condone any kind of hooliganism by members violating the sanctity of the house.
- Surely it`s important to maintain the sanctity of the house, yet there is no precedent of any member being unseated for disrupting the proceedings of the house.
- If every such international agreement becomes non-binding, then what sanctity does law have?
Synonyms
holiness, godliness, sacredness, blessedness, saintliness, sanctitude, spirituality
Curator example
“the site of the tomb was a place of sanctity for the ancient Egyptians”
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