| 释义 |
sacredness|ˈseɪkrɪdnɪs|
[-ness.]
The condition or quality of being sacred (see the adj.).
1681–6J. Scott Chr. Life ii. vii. Wks. 1698 I. 416 When we consider how he is secluded by the infinite sacredness of his own Majesty from all immediate converse and intercourse with us. 1689Consid. Success. & Alleg. 33 The Sacredness of an Oath makes it a strong Tie to bind us. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian xvi, Ellena immediately admitted the sacredness of the promise which she had formerly given. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iv. 349 Such was the mystical sacredness which clung about the ordained clergy. 1868J. S. Mill in Morn. Star 13 Mar., The sacredness of property is connected, in my mind, with feelings of the greatest respect. 1885Law Times LXXX. 111/1 When the rule was first invented there was a sort of reason for it, as a certain sacredness attached to real estate. |