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1.
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
2.
entitled to veneration or religious respect by association with divinity or divine things; holy.
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4.
reverently dedicated to some person, purpose, or object: a morning hour sacred to study.
5.
EXPANDregarded with reverence: the sacred memory of a dead hero.
6.
secured against violation, infringement, etc., as by reverence or sense of right: sacred oaths; sacred rights.
7.
COLLAPSEproperly immune from violence, interference, etc., as a person or office.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English, orig. past participle of sacren to consecrate < Latin sacrāre to devote, derivative of sacer holy; see -ed2
1275–1325; Middle English, orig. past participle of sacren to consecrate < Latin sacrāre to devote, derivative of sacer holy; see -ed2
Related forms
sa·cred·ly, adverb
sa·cred·ness, noun
non·sa·cred, adjective
non·sa·cred·ly, adverb
non·sa·cred·ness, noun
EXPANDpseu·do·sa·cred, adjective
sem·i·sa·cred, adjective
su·per·sa·cred, adjective
un·sa·cred, adjective
un·sa·cred·ly, adverb
COLLAPSESynonyms
2. venerable, divine. See holy. 4. consecrated. 5. revered. 6. sacrosanct. 7. inviolate, inviolable.
2. venerable, divine. See holy. 4. consecrated. 5. revered. 6. sacrosanct. 7. inviolate, inviolable.
Antonyms
2. blasphemous.
2. blasphemous.
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Word Origin & History
sacred
c.1300, from pp. of obsolete verb sacren "to make holy" (early 13c.), 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
EXPANDthat "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; figurative sense is first recorded 1910, from Western views of Hinduism.
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