sanctitudo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sanctĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [sanctus].

I Mostly ante-class. for sanctitas, sacredness , sanctity : Jovis, Att. ap. Non. 173, 33: Apollinis, Turp. ib. 174, 5: nominis matronae sanctitudinem, Afran. ib. 174, 9: fani, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 19 sq.: sepulturae, Cic. Rep. Fragm. ap. Non. 174, 7 (4, 8 Mos.).—In plur., Att. ap. Non. 174, 2.—

II In the postclass. per., transf., uprightness , purity , Capitol. Ver. 8: domum tuam decet sanctitudo, Domine, Vulg. Psa. 92, 5.

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