Sanability to Sandal

Sanability
(San`a*bil"i*ty) n. The quality or state of being sanable; sanableness; curableness.

Sanable
(San"a*ble) a. [L. sanabilis, fr. sanare to heal, fr. sanus sound, healthy. See Sane.] Capable of being healed or cured; susceptible of remedy.

Syn. — Remediable; curable; healable.

Sanableness
(San"a*ble*ness), n. The quality of being sanable.

Sanation
(Sa*na"tion) n. [L. sanatio. See Sanable.] The act of healing or curing. [Obs.] Wiseman.

Sanative
(San"a*tive) a. [LL. sanativus.] Having the power to cure or heal; healing; tending to heal; sanatory.San"a*tive*ness, n.

Sanatorium
(San`a*to"ri*um) n. [NL. See Sanatory.] An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See Sanitarium.

Sanatory
(San"a*to*ry) a. [LL. sanatorius, fr. L. sanare to heal. See Sanable.] Conducive to health; tending to cure; healing; curative; sanative.

Sanatory ordinances for the protection of public health, such as quarantine, fever hospitals, draining, etc.
De Quincey.

Sanatory and sanitary should not be confounded. Sanatory signifies conducive to health, while sanitary has the more general meaning of pertaining to health.

Sanbenito
(||San`be*ni"to) n. [Sp. & Pg. sambenito, contr. from L. saccus sack + benedictus blessed.]

1. Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church.

2. A garnment or cap, or sometimes both, painted with flames, figures, etc., and worn by persons who had been examined by the Inquisition and were brought forth for punishment at the auto-da-fé.

Sance-bell
(Sance"-bell` Sanc"te bell`) , n. See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus.

Sanctificate
(Sanc"ti*fi*cate) v. t. [L. sanctificatus, p. p. of sanctificare.] To sanctify. [Obs.] Barrow.

Sanctification
(Sanc`ti*fi*ca"tion) n. [L. sanctificatio: cf. F. sanctification.]

1. The act of sanctifying or making holy; the state of being sanctified or made holy; esp. (Theol.), 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.

God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth.
2 Thess. ii. 13.

2. The act of consecrating, or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration. Bp. Burnet.

Sanctified
(Sanc"ti*fied) a. Made holy; also, made to have the air of sanctity; sanctimonious.

Sanctifier
(Sanc"ti*fi`er) n. One who sanctifies, or makes holy; specifically, the Holy Spirit.

Sanctify
(Sanc"ti*fy) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sanctified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sanctifying ] [F. sanctifier, L. sanctificare; sanctus holy + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Saint, and -fy.]


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