SANCE-BELL; SANCTE BELL
Sance"-bell", Sanc"te bell", n.
Defn: See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus.
SANCHO
San"cho, n. [Sp., a proper name.] (Card Playing)
Defn: The nine of trumps in sancho pedro.
SANCHO PEDRO
Sancho pedro. [Sp. Pedro Peter.] (Card Playing)
Defn: A variety of auction pitch in which the nine (sancho) and five (pedro) of trumps are added as counting cards at their pip value, and the ten of trumps counts game.
SANCTIFICATE Sanc"ti*fi*cate, v. t. Etym: [L. sanctificatus, p.p. of sanctificare.]
Defn: To sanctify. [Obs.] Barrow.
SANCTIFICATION Sanc`ti*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. sanctificatio: cf. F. sanctification.]
1. The act of sanctifying or making holy; the being sanctified or made holy; esp. (Theol.), the act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to, a supreme love to God; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified. God hath from the baginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. 2 Thess. ii. 13.