Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or character of being sacred, in any sense.

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  • noun The property of being sacred.

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  • noun the quality of being sacred

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Examples

  • We went to several which have large monasteries attached to them, with great untidy gardens, with ponds for sacred fish and sacred tortoises, and houses for sacred pigs, whose sacredness is shown by their monstrous obesity.

    The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883

  • So if anyone wants to join, the basic idea is, whether or not there is a God, there's something important and beautiful about the idea of sacredness, and that our rituals can be sacred.

    A.J. Jacobs' year of living biblically A.J. Jacobs 2007

  • So if anyone wants to join, the basic idea is, whether or not there is a God, there's something important and beautiful about the idea of sacredness, and that our rituals can be sacred.

    A.J. Jacobs' year of living biblically A.J. Jacobs 2007

  • So if anyone wants to join, the basic idea is, whether or not there is a God, there's something important and beautiful about the idea of sacredness, and that our rituals can be sacred.

    A.J. Jacobs' year of living biblically A.J. Jacobs 2007

  • Which is whether or not there's a God, I believe there's something to the idea of sacredness and that the Sabbath can be sacred and rituals can be sacred.

    CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2007 2007

  • Which is whether or not there's a god, I believe there's something to the idea of sacredness and that the Sabbath can be sacred and rituals can be sacred.

    CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2007 2007

  • So that if Moses did not write those books, their sacredness is a myth.

    God and my Neighbour Robert Blatchford 1897

  • So that if Moses did not write those books, their sacredness is a myth.

    God and my Neighbour Robert Blatchford 1897

  • So that if Moses did not write those books, their sacredness is a myth.

    God and my Neighbour Robert Blatchford 1897

  • In Ireland the idea of sacredness was carried out in another way.

    Illuminated Manuscripts John William Bradley 1873

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