Topic: RELIGION
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Origin: | Past participle of sacre 'to make holy' (13-17 centuries), from Old French sacrer, from Latin sacrare, from sacer 'holy' |
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sa‧cred
1RR relating to a god or religion : a sacred vow the miraculous powers of sacred relics Certain animals were considered sacred.
a sacred vowthe miraculous powers of sacred relicsCertain animals were considered sacred.2RR very important or greatly respected : Human life is sacred. Frontiers which have held for over forty years are no longer sacred.
Human life is sacred.Frontiers which have held for over forty years are no longer sacred. sacred to Few things were sacred to Henry, but local history was one of them.
Few things were sacred to Henry, but local history was one of them.3 used to express shock when something you think is valuable or important is being changed or harmed
is nothing sacred?
spoken —sacredness noun [uncountable] the sacredness of human life
WORD FOCUS: god the sacredness of human lifeWORD FOCUS: god places where people worship God: church (Christians)
temple (Buddhists and Hindus)
mosque (Muslims)
synagogue (Jews)
treated with great respect because of being connected with God: holy, sacred
having strong beliefs in God: devout, pious
someone who does not believe in God : atheist
someone who is not sure if God exists: agnosticgod
➔ See also god
