sanctificetur

Italian

Alternative forms

• santificetur

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin sānctificētur (“may it be consecrated”), 3^rd-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