sacred

sacred
sa|cred [ˈseıkrıd] adj
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Past participle of sacre 'to make holy' (13-17 centuries), from Old French sacrer, from Latin sacrare, from sacer 'holy']
1.) relating to a god or religion
▪ a sacred vow
▪ the miraculous powers of sacred relics
▪ Certain animals were considered sacred.
sacred to
▪ The land is sacred to these tribesmen.
2.) very important or greatly respected
▪ Human life is sacred.
▪ Frontiers which have held for over forty years are no longer sacred.
sacred to
▪ Few things were sacred to Henry, but local history was one of them.
▪ He had no respect for everything I held sacred .
3.) is nothing sacred?
spoken used to express shock when something you think is valuable or important is being changed or harmed
>sacredness n [U]
▪ the sacredness of human life

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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