Something sacred is holy, devoted to a religious ceremony, or simply worthy of awe and respect. Jerusalem is a sacred place for many religions, just as Fenway is a sacred place for Red Sox fans.
Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common;
Adjective S.
(often followed by `to'') devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person; "a fund sacred to charity"; "a morning hour sacred to study"; "a private office sacred to the President"
Adjective S.
made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use; "a consecrated chursh"; "the sacred mosque"; "sacred elephants"; "sacred bread and wine"; "sanctified wine"
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worthy of religious veneration; "the sacred name of Jesus"; "Jerusalem''s hallowed soil"
Adjective
concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music"
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worthy of respect or dedication; "saw motherhood as woman''s sacred calling"
a.
Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a
good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not
profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service.
a.
Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not
secular; religious; as, sacred history.
a.
Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the
highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled
to extreme reverence; venerable.
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Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
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Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; -- with to.
a.
Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance,
curse, or the like; accursed; baleful.
Sacred
Smit with the love of sacred song.3.
Such neighbor nearness to our sacred [royal] blood Should nothing privilege him.
Poet and saint to thee alone were given, The two most sacred names of earth and heaven.4.
Secrets of marriage still are sacred held.5.
A temple, sacred to the queen oflove.6.
But, to destruction sacred and devote.
Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common;
Usage Examples
Becoming an author changes your attitude too. Once you see where books come from, and how they're made, they never seem quite as sacred again.
Crime in full glory consolidates authority by the sacred fear it inspires.
Food is no longer sacred to us: in becoming too efficient we've changed its nature.
Freedom is not a gift nor does it simply exist for us to have, but rather it is a sacred duty, and its blessed yield of hope is born from none other than the blood of the innocent.
Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.
Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.
God the Father, the supreme Architect, had already built this cosmic home we behold, the most sacred temple of His godhead, by the laws of His mysterious wisdom.
For me, French is so rich and so sacred that learning it is like learning a foreign language.
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Other Usage ExamplesCivil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection.
A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.
Class struggle: external peace, international solidarity, peace among peoples. This is the sacred slogan of international socialist democracy that liberates nations.
But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force on the worshippers.
I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to be a denial of everything which ideally and in practice I hold sacred.
Each is under the most sacred obligation not to squander the material committed to him, not to sap his strength in folly and vice, and to see at the least that he delivers a product worthy the labor and cost which have been expended on him.
America's veterans and troops serving abroad today fought hard to preserve our red, white and blue, from the Revolutionary War to today's Global War Against Terrorism, and Congress' action today is appropriate for one of our most sacred symbols.
I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients.
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