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Sacred
//ˈseɪkɹɪd// adj, verb
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Adjective
- 1 Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy.
"a sacred place"
- 2 Religious; relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular
"Smit with the love of sacred song."
- 3 Spiritual; concerned with metaphysics.
"Unlike most metaphysical or philosophical naturalists who reject any supernatural beings or supernatural/sacred entities, naturalists who take the concept of the sacred seriously must answer this question: “What is the value of the sacred with respect to nature?""
- 4 Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
"Such neighbor nearness to our sacred [royal] blood Should nothing privilege him."
- 5 Not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
"Secrets of marriage still are sacred held."
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- 6 Consecrated; dedicated; devoted
"A temple, sacred to the queen of love."
- 7 Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful. archaic
"But, to destruction sacred and devote."
Adjective
- 1 (often followed by ‘to’) devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person wordnet
- 2 made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use wordnet
- 3 worthy of religious veneration wordnet
- 4 concerned with religion or religious purposes wordnet
- 5 worthy of respect or dedication wordnet
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of sacre form-of, participle, past
Etymology
From Middle English sacred, isacred, past participle of sacren, sakeren (“to make holy, hallow”), equivalent to sacre + -ed.
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