/sangk"ti tee/ , n. , pl. sanctities .
1. holiness, saintliness, or godliness.
2. sacred or hallowed character: the inviolable sanctity of the temple.
3. a sacred thing.
[ 1350-1400; sanctitas holiness, equiv. to sanct- (see SANCTUS) + -itas -ITY; r. ME sauntite ]