Definition of "sanctioned" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of sanction. (verb)

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• "And accordingly, without any petty distinctions of party, or class, or creed, they decided to band themselves into a body of volunteers and they adopted a title sanctioned in Irish history -- namely, the Irish"
• "One might as well charge Jesus with legalism in adopting a term sanctioned by God"
• "Does my, and the majority of other people voting in "sanctioned" elections count?"