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sac·ro·sanct    Audio Help   [sak-roh-sangkt] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.extremely sacred or inviolable: a sacrosanct chamber in the temple.
2.not to be entered or trespassed upon: She considered her home office sacrosanct.
3.above or beyond criticism, change, or interference: a manuscript deemed sacrosanct.

[Origin: 1595–1605; < L sacrō sānctus made holy by sacred rite. See sacred, saint]

sac·ro·sanc·ti·ty, sac·ro·sanct·ness, noun
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sac·ro·sanct    Audio Help   (sāk'rō-sāngkt')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Regarded as sacred and inviolable.


[Latin sacrōsānctus, consecrated with religious ceremonies : sacrō, ablative of sacrum, religious rite (from neuter of sacer, sacred; see sacred) + sānctus, past participle of sancīre, to consecrate; see sak- in Indo-European roots.]

sac'ro·sanc'ti·ty (-sāngk'tĭ-tē) n.
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sacrosanct 
1601, from L. sacrosanctus "protected by religious sanction," from sacro, abl. of sacrum "religious sanction" (from neut. sing. of sacer "sacred") + sanctus, pp. of sancire "make sacred" (see sacred).

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sacrosanct

adjective
must be kept sacred [syn: inviolable

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Sacrosanct

Sac"ro*sanct\, a. [L. sucrosanctus.] Sacred; inviolable. [R.] --Dr. H. More.
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sacrosanct

sacrosanct was Word of the Day on January 6, 2001.

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