What's the difference between holily and sanctity?

Holily


Definition:

  • (adv.) Piously; with sanctity; in a holy manner.
  • (adv.) Sacredly; inviolably.

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Sanctity


Definition:

  • (n.) The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness.
  • (n.) Sacredness; solemnity; inviolability; religious binding force; as, the sanctity of an oath.
  • (n.) A saint or holy being.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The spokeswoman said the church had submitted its views on the sanctity of marriage as part of the consultation, it had not anticipated that the government would act as it had.
  • (2) Because of course nothing is more destructive of the sanctity of his own vocation than the suggestion that we simply don't need this kind of conservation – if that's what it really is – at all; that on the contrary, the entire "relaunch" is simply the bastard offspring of an orgiastic union between Mammon and science, consummated on the Stonehenge altar stone and observed by the fee-paying public.
  • (3) The sanctity of voting in private may be one of the pillars of democracy, but in an age of byzantine disenfranchisement rules and empowering social-media platforms, outlawing a picture of your candidate selection is a missed opportunity and a failure of imagination.
  • (4) Nurses who made a decision to feed the patient stressed mostly the principle of sanctity of life.
  • (5) His friend Dingle Foot drafted an editorial that David then sharpened up, inserting phrases that summed up his outlook: 'We had not realised that our government was capable of such folly and crookedness...It is no longer possible to bomb countries because you fear that your trading interests will be harmed...this new feeling for the sanctity of human life is the best element in the modern world.'
  • (6) This protection is not about politics, it's about the deepest of American values – the sanctity of the family and the security of our country.
  • (7) In the rush to acknowledge the quality of life, the sanctity of life must not be discarded.
  • (8) The sanctity of human life is guaranteed in Islam .” The council did not specifically condemn the Paris attacks in its statement.
  • (9) But for this to be possible, interest payments must always be made on time, and the sanctity of debt contracts must always take precedence over electoral promises regarding pensions, wages, and public spending.
  • (10) Other concerns are that people may opt for death so as not to become a burden on relatives; there is an erosion of the principle of the sanctity of life and the trust between doctor and patient could be damaged.
  • (11) Better to blockade and pummel from afar, if the sanctity of human life is not a concern.
  • (12) In The Plague, the stricken protagonists are searching for some way of being human beyond heroism and sanctity.
  • (13) And sometimes the guns refuse to acknowledge the sanctity of the PoC.
  • (14) Putin was asked to comment on rising petrol prices, the sanctity of the country's Victory Day holiday, the potential bankruptcy of a meat factory and the identity of his favourite singer.
  • (15) The sanctity of his life finds nourishment in the respect with which he is treated.
  • (16) "We've always said ... that we were for health care reform, but there was a principle that meant more to us than anything, and that was the sanctity of life," he told the press conference.
  • (17) The Vatican talked of "this insult to the nobility of the hearth", and Ed Sullivan on his TV show said, "You can only trust that youngsters will not be persuaded that the sanctity of marriage has been invalidated by the appalling example of Mrs Taylor-Fisher and married man Burton."
  • (18) This approach defeats the purpose of fighting for the sanctity of human life in current ethical debates about detention centres, because it appropriates the sanctity of the lives of those who are not here to speak for themselves.
  • (19) Locals cite legends about the area’s sanctity to local Native American tribes.
  • (20) They call for a mind-shift on the issue of "aid in dying", arguing that the church's insistence on the sanctity of life in all situations has the effect of sanctioning anguish and pain.

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