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Deeds of the saints.

Accounts of the lives of the Christian martyrs and saints that are used in teaching the faith.

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God.

As written in the Old Testament of the Bible, Exodus: xx, 8-10 (c. 700 B.C.). Also see Deuteronomy: v, 12.

Of persons and things, especially obligations, laws, etc.: Secured by a religious sanction from violation, infringement, or encroachment; inviolable, sacred.

The condition of being sacrosanct; inviolability; sacredness.

Holiness of mind.

Literally, "holy simplicity", an expression of astonishment at another's naivety or naïvety.

These are said to have been the dying words of John Huss (1373-1415), Bohemian religious reformer and martyr, provoked by the sight of a simple peasant adding wood to the fire around the stake where Huss was being martyred or burned to death for his religious beliefs.

With holiness and wisdom.

Motto of King's College School, London, U.K.

Capable of being sanctified.

To sanctify.

1. In theology, the action of the Holy Spirit in sanctifying or making holy the believer, by the implanting within him of the Christian graces and the destruction of sinful affections. Also, the condition or process of being so sanctified.
2. The action of consecrating or setting apart as holy or for a sacred use or purpose; hallowing.

1. Reference to a person who is made holy, endowed with saintly character; specifically, made holy by the divine grace of the Holy Spirit.
2. Affecting holiness; sanctimonious.
3. Of things, holy or consecrated; rendered spiritually profitable.
4. Of ground, buildings, etc. that are consecrated or hallowed.

In theology, one who sanctifies or makes holy; specifically, the Holy Spirit.

1. To set apart religiously for an office or function; to consecrate (a king, etc.).
2. To honor as holy; to ascribe holiness to.
3. To manifest (God, his might, etc.) as holy.
4. To consecrate (a thing); to set apart as holy or sacred.
5. To keep (a day, etc.) holy; to keep or observe as holy.
6. To make (a person) holy, to purify or free from sin; to cause to undergo sanctification.
7. Chiefly in the Old Testament, to free from ceremonial impurity.
8. To render holy, impart sanctity to (a thing, quality, action or condition); to render legitimate or binding by a religious sanction.
9. A slang term: To blackmail (a person), especially for the purposes of extracting political favors

A catalogue of saints, or a collection of saints' lives

Speaking solemnly, or about sacred or holy things.