sanctity

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Something considered sacred.

   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?

2. 2
   noun

   the quality of being holy

3. 3
   noun

   Holiness of life or disposition; saintliness

4. 4
   noun

   The condition of being considered sacred; inviolability

Etymology

From Middle English sanctity, from Old French sanctete, from Latin sānctitās.