Dedicated to or set apart for the worship of a deity.
Worthy of religious veneration: the sacred teachings of the Buddha.
Made or declared holy: sacred bread and wine.
Dedicated or devoted exclusively to a single use, purpose, or person: sacred to the memory of her sister; a private office sacred to the President.
Worthy of respect; venerable.
Of or relating to religious objects, rites, or practices.
[Middle English, past participle of sacren, to consecrate, from Old French sacrer, from Latin sacrāre, from sacer, sacr-, sacred; see sak- in Indo-European roots.]
c.1300, from pp. of obs. verb sacren "to make holy" (c.1225), from O.Fr. sacrer (12c.), from L. sacrare "to make sacred, consecrate," from sacer (gen. sacri) "sacred, dedicated, holy, accursed," from O.L. saceres, which Tucker connects to base *saq- "bind, restrict, enclose, protect," explaining that "words for both 'oath' & 'curse' are regularly words of 'binding.' " But Buck merely groups it with Oscan sakrim, Umbrian sacra and calls it "a distinctive Italic group, without any clear outside connections." Nasalized form is sancire "make sacred, confirm, ratify, ordain." Sacred cow "object of Hindu veneration," is from 1891; fig. sense is first recorded 1910, from Western views of Hinduism.
concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music" [ant: profane]
2.
worthy of respect or dedication; "saw motherhood as woman's sacred calling"
3.
made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use; "a consecrated church"; "the sacred mosque"; "sacred elephants"; "sacred bread and wine"; "sanctified wine" [syn: consecrated]
4.
worthy of religious veneration; "the sacred name of Jesus"; "Jerusalem's hallowed soil" [syn: hallowed]
5.
(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"
of God or a god; (that must be respected because) connected with religion or with God or a god Example: Temples, mosques, churches and synagogues are all sacred buildings.
Arabic:
مُقَدَّس
Chinese (Simplified):
神的，神圣的，上帝的
Chinese (Traditional):
神的，神聖的，上帝的
Czech:
posvátný
Danish:
hellig
Dutch:
heilig
Estonian:
püha, sakraal-
Finnish:
pyhä
French:
sacré
German:
heilig
Greek:
ιερός
Hungarian:
szent
Icelandic:
heilagur, helgur
Indonesian:
suci
Italian:
sacro
Japanese:
神聖な
Korean:
신의, 신성한
Latvian:
svēts; garīgs
Lithuanian:
šventas
Norwegian:
hellig; innviet; sakral
Polish:
święty
Portuguese (Brazil):
sagrado
Portuguese (Portugal):
sagrado
Romanian:
sacru
Russian:
священный
Slovak:
posvätný
Slovenian:
posvečen
Spanish:
sagrado
Turkish:
kutsal
sacred2[ˈseikrid]adjective
(of a duty etc) which must be done etc eg because of respect for someone Example: He considered it a sacred duty to fulfil his dead father's wishes.
sacredjargon Reserved for exclusive use by something. The term might mean only writable by whatever it is sacred to. For example, "Register 7 is sacred to the interrupt handler" would mean that if any other code changed the contents of register 7, dire consequences would ensue. [The Jargon File] (2002-12-30)
Sacred Heart, MN (city, FIPS 56572) Location: 44.78311 N, 95.35034 W Population (1990): 603 (296 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56285
Bean\ (b[=e]n), n. [OE. bene, AS. be['a]n; akin to D. boon, G. bohne, OHG. p[=o]na, Icel. baun, Dan. b["o]nne, Sw. b["o]na, and perh. to Russ. bob, L. faba.]1. (Bot.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs. Note: The origin and classification of many kinds are still doubtful. Among true beans are: the black-eyed bean and China bean, included in Dolichos Sinensis; black Egyptian bean or hyacinth bean, D. Lablab; the common haricot beans, kidney beans, string beans, and pole beans, all included in Phaseolus vulgaris; the lower bush bean, Ph. vulgaris, variety nanus; Lima bean, Ph. lunatus; Spanish bean and scarlet runner, Ph. maltiflorus; Windsor bean, the common bean of England, Faba vulgaris. As an article of food beans are classed with vegetables. 2. The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans. Bean aphis (Zo["o]l.), a plant louse (Aphis fab[ae]) which infests the bean plant. Bean fly (Zo["o]l.), a fly found on bean flowers. Bean goose (Zo["o]l.), a species of goose (Anser segetum). Bean weevil (Zo["o]l.), a small weevil that in the larval state destroys beans. The American species in Bruchus fab[ae]. Florida bean (Bot.), the seed of Mucuna urens, a West Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments. Ignatius bean, or St. Ignatius's bean (Bot.), a species of Strychnos. Navy bean, the common dried white bean of commerce; probably so called because an important article of food in the navy. Pea bean, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean; -- so called from its size. Sacred bean. See under Sacred. Screw bean. See under Screw. Sea bean. (a) Same as Florida bean. (b) A red bean of unknown species used for ornament. Tonquin bean, or Tonka bean, the fragrant seed of Dipteryx odorata, a leguminous tree. Vanilla bean. See under Vanilla.
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