Noun
The act of sanctifying or making holy; the state of being sanctified or made holy;
the act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to a supreme love to God; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified.
The act of consecrating, or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHumiliation is the beginning of sanctification. John Donne
Regeneration is the fountain; sanctification is the river (in deeper or shallower degree). 'Entire sanctification' is the river in fullest flow. J. Sidlow Baxter
The unsound convert takes Christ by halves. He is all for the salvation of Christ, but is not for sanctification. He is for the privileges, but does not appropriate the person of Christ. Joseph Alleine
Sanctification is the outcome and inseparable consequence of regeneration. He who is born again and made a new creature receives a new nature and a new principle and always lives a new life. J. C. Ryle
Art is the sanctification of the nature, of that nature found in everyone who is content to live. Maurice Denis
Evidently, adoration, worship and sanctification of God require knowledge and awareness of His Most Exalted Station as well as the Attributes of His Glory and Grandeur; without due knowledge and awareness, these cannot be fulfilled. Ruhollah Khomeini