There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
SANCTIFIED
consecrated, sacred, sanctified
(adjective) made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use; “a consecrated church”; “the sacred mosque”; “sacred elephants”; “sacred bread and wine”; “sanctified wine”
SANCTIFY
purify, purge, sanctify
(verb) make pure or free from sin or guilt; “he left the monastery purified”
consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify
(verb) render holy by means of religious rites
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
sanctified (comparative more sanctified, superlative most sanctified)
Made holy; set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
Sanctimonious.
Verb
sanctified
past participle of sanctify
Source: Wiktionary
Sanc"ti*fied, a.
Definition: Made holy; also, made to have the air of sanctity; sanctimonious.
SANCTIFY
Sanc"ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sanctified; p. pr. & vb. n. Sanctifying.] Etym: [F. sanctifier, L. sanctificare; sanctus holy + - ficare (in comp.) to make. See Saint, and -fy.]
1. To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow. God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. Gen. ii. 3. Moses . . . sanctified Aaron and his garnment. Lev. viii. 30.
2. To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify. Sanctify them through thy truth. John xvii. 17.
3. To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety. A means which his mercy hath sanctified so to me as to make me repent of that unjust act. Eikon Basilike.
4. To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to. The holy man, amazed at what he saw, Made haste to sanctify the bliss by law. Dryden. Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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