sanctificetur

Italian

Alternative forms

  • santificetur

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin sānctificētur (“may it be consecrated”), 3rd-person singular present passive subjunctive of sānctificō, referring to the passage sanctificetur nomen tuum in the Latin version of the Lord's prayer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /san(k).ti.fiˈt͡ʃɛ.tur/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtur

Noun

sanctificetur m or (rare) f (invariable)

  1. (ironic or humorous) a sanctimonious person

Further reading

  • sanctificetur in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Verb

sānctificētur

  1. third-person singular present passive subjunctive of sānctificō
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