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sacred
/ˈseɪkɹəd/
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What does sacred mean?
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.
More meanings (5)
adjective
- 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.
- Consecrated; dedicated; devoted
- (archaic) Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful.
verb
- simple past and past participle of sacre
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈseɪkɹəd/
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This bordered on a strange theme, the flesh, before which that immense and innocent love recoiled with a sort of sacred fright.
Even by undressing time I had not progressed far enough to be allowed intimate approach to small sacred nightgowns and diminutive shirts.
More book examples (3)
This he taught, and he also taught that such a view is not incompatible with a true view of the sacred Scriptures.
It was a sacred principle of Gustavus to spare the blood of his enemies, as well as that of his own troops.
On one arm of the Virgin is the Child, and in the hand of the other arm she carries the sacred lotus.