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sacredness

/sey-krid/US // ˈseɪ krɪd //UK // (ˈseɪkrɪd) //

神圣性,圣洁性,圣洁,神圣

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
    • : entitled to veneration or religious respect by association with divinity or divine things; holy.
    • : pertaining to or connected with religion: sacred music;sacred books.
    • : reverently dedicated to some person, purpose, or object: a morning hour sacred to study.
    • : regarded with reverence: the sacred memory of a dead hero.
    • : secured against violation, infringement, etc., as by reverence or sense of right: sacred oaths; sacred rights.
    • : properly immune from violence, interference, etc., as a person or office.

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Examples

  • Anyway, the Mel hot take made me really double down on the marriage between chocolate and peanut butter, what with it being a SACRED institution and all.

  • The TV deals and popularity exposed millions to the sacred art form, which fostered a proliferation of gyms, competitions and organizational bodies.

  • They take away sacred land so they can build a shooting range and they lie to us about it.

  • A sacred excuse to commune with the raw force of the planet that only parks can provide.

  • The ritual to pray for an H-1B includes pradakshina, the practice of circling around an image, relic, shrine, or other sacred objects.

  • They did not think of liberty, and armies, and the sacredness of democracy.

  • But now the image has become repressed because of its, I don't know—sacredness.

  • The congregation, forgetting the sacredness of the place, were in a broad grin, and the parson looked daggers.

  • Neither the sacredness of law nor the weapons of their friends could longer afford them any protection.

  • Here we have an example of the British idea of the sacredness of private character.

  • She was a creature consecrated, made holy by suffering; she was the sacredness of life incarnate, a thing godlike, beyond earth.

  • Had he entertained more enlightened views as to the sacredness of life, he might have felt differently.