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Synonyms for sanctioning

Grammar : Verb
Spell : sangk-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæŋk ʃən

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Définition of sanctioning

Origin :
  • early 15c., "confirmation or enactment of a law," from Latin sanctionem (nominative sanctio) "act of decreeing or ordaining," also "decree, ordinance," noun of action from past participle stem of sancire "to decree, confirm, ratify, make sacred" (see saint (n.)). Originally especially of ecclesiastical decrees.
  • verb authorize, confirm
Example sentences :
  • Are there any Canons of these churches, sanctioning the practice?
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, 1850.12.21 » by Various
  • Great beings, not in receipt of sacrifice, sanctioning morality.
  • Extract from : « Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 » by Andrew Lang
  • The result was that our native church was saved from sanctioning polygamy.
  • Extract from : « Mary and I » by Stephen Return Riggs
  • He has the power of sanctioning the appointment of their patriarch, after he has been selected by their bishops.
  • Extract from : « Cyprus » by Franz von Lher
  • From His Holiness himself have I letters, sanctioning the matter.
  • Extract from : « The Hill of Venus » by Nathan Gallizier
  • Brief, the, sanctioning the observances of St. Joseph's, xxxiv.
  • Extract from : « The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus » by Teresa of Avila
  • Sir Patrick amazed Mr. Moy by sanctioning this irregularity also.
  • Extract from : « Man and Wife » by Wilkie Collins
  • Was it out of the bonus of a hundred thousand ducats, which he received for chartering or sanctioning the college?
  • Extract from : « Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries » by William Hogan
  • Our government blundered in sanctioning the schedule of prices fixed by the commissioners on impressments for the next two months.
  • Extract from : « A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital » by John Beauchamp Jones
  • Turnpike acts, sanctioning the construction of new roads, became numerous.
  • Extract from : « The English Utilitarians, Volume I. » by Leslie Stephen

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