Sacred - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈseɪkrɪd|  American pronunciation of the word sacred
Brit.  |ˈseɪkrɪd|  British pronunciation of the word sacred

adjective

- worthy of respect or dedication
saw motherhood as woman's sacred calling
- made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use (syn: consecrated, sanctified)
the sacred mosque
sacred elephants
sacred bread and wine
- worthy of religious veneration (syn: hallowed)
the sacred name of Jesus
- (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

Extra examples

The burial site is sacred ground.

We have a sacred duty to find out the truth.

Freedom is a sacred right.

They'll make jokes about anything. Nothing is sacred to those guys.

I can't believe they would do that. Is nothing sacred?

Nothing is sacred to them.

Human life is sacred.

Certain animals were considered sacred.

The land is sacred to these tribesmen.

Frontiers which have held for over forty years are no longer sacred.

Few things were sacred to Henry, but local history was one of them.

He had no respect for everything I held sacred.

...some teachers tend to enshrine their personal preferences as sacred rules of English grammar...

...notorious as an iconoclast, that music critic isn't afraid to go after sacred cows...

...the satirical comic strip gleefully skewers many of society's sacred cows...

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