sacred

IPA: sˈeɪkrʌd

adjective

  • Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy.
  • Religious; relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular
  • Spiritual; concerned with metaphysics.
  • Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
  • Not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
  • (followed by the preposition "to") Consecrated; dedicated; devoted
  • (archaic) Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful.
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Examples of "sacred" in Sentences

  • In Africa, tusk is very sacred.
  • The sacred can easily be sacrosanct.
  • The church was sacred to the Baptists.
  • The idea of the sacred home is absent.
  • The sign of the sacred are all pragmatic.
  • The Buyruk is the sacred book of the Shabak.
  • The faun is considered to be sacred by the people.
  • It is the intersection of the Sacred and Secular orders.
  • A sacrilege is the irreverent treatment of sacred things.
  • The cathedral of the diocese is the church of Sacred Heart in Pekhon.

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