sacred

IPA: sˈeɪkrʌd

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.

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.
Since 2000, I have done what I call my sacred practice every morning.
Sacrifice comes from the Latin sacer, from which we derive the word "sacred."
{469} _Homa_, or sacred tree, and the _sacred tree of the Hindus_; and the same may yet be found in the _British oak_.
This is opposed, of course, to how Catholic Tradition understands the term sacred history, namely that part of actual history which is recorded by the Bible.
But the new constitution will see his status changed slightly, with the term "sacred" disappearing but the monarch still remaining "inviolable", the king said.
A man may keep his friendship sacred, because promises of friendship are very awful ties; but, methinks, he cannot, but in a burlesque sense, be said to keep his ease _sacred_.
Parents can also set rules about where digital media is used in the household, establishing what she calls "sacred spaces" in the kitchen or bedrooms where texting or emailing is banned.