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sanctity

Noun
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

The state or quality of being holy, sacred, or inviolable; supreme moral purity and divine holiness in religious or romantic verse.

Detailed Definition
Sanctity is a formal word for something being holy, pure, or set apart. In the poem, the sky is treated almost like a sacred realm, giving flight a spiritual feeling.
Example
Example in poetry:
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace / Where never lark nor ever eagle flew— / And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod / The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Additional Notes
“Sanctity” is a more formal, religiously colored word that readers may need to look up in this context.; Found in the poem, High Flight by John Gillespie Magee Jr.
Also Known As
holiness sanctum divinity
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