Results for sacred
Definitions of sacred:
part of speech: adverb
Sacredly.
part of speech: adjective
Set apart for religious uses; as, a sacred edifice; pertaining to religion; as, sacred literature; consecrated; holy; not to be treated irreverently; as, he held his mother's memory sacred.
part of speech: adjective
Set apart or dedicated, esp. to God: made holy: proceeding from God: religious: entitled to respect or veneration: inviolable.
part of speech: adjective
Pert. to God, or to His worship; pert. to religion or religious uses; not profane; inviolable.
part of speech: noun
Usage examples for sacred:
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These people think they have a right to every thing, however secret or sacred
"Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson", Thomas Jefferson -
It seemed a sacred thing.
"Quiet Talks on Service", S. D. Gordon -
It may be that I shall be called on to preserve some other and still more sacred thing.
"The Flying Legion", George Allan England -
The mother superior of the Sacred Heart Convent at Roehampton heard of it and asked me to stay there.
"Fanny Goes to War", Pat Beauchamp