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 (opposed to secular or profane): 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.
Origin of sacred
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English, originally past participle of sacren “to consecrate” from Latin sacrāre “to devote,” derivative of sacer “holy”; see -ed2
Stories create a sacred space that humans have always respected.
Kim Stanley Robinson Holds Out Hope - Issue 90: Something Green|Liz Greene|October 7, 2020|Nautilus
When you bow to another, you are honoring something sacred in them.
Why ‘Namaste’ Has Become The Perfect Pandemic Greeting|LGBTQ-Editor|September 30, 2020|No Straight News
Whenever I enter the park, I’m always conscious I’m stepping into a special place—sacred ground, really.
Investors look to buck a four-week losing streak, sending global stocks higher|Bernhard Warner|September 28, 2020|Fortune
The newfound shafts around Durrington Walls suggest it also was a special, sacred place, Gaffney says.
Underground mega-monument found near Stonehenge|Avery Elizabeth Hurt|August 11, 2020|Science News For Students
The location of the K’akaya offering indicates that Inca people regarded all of Lake Titicaca, which straddles the border between Bolivia and Peru, as sacred, not just its fabled Island of the Sun, the researchers say.
A submerged Inca offering hints at Lake Titicaca’s sacred role|Bruce Bower|August 3, 2020|Science News
In fact, one the most sacred holiday for Muslims is the sacrifice of Abraham, known as Eid al-Adha.
Why Muslims Love Jesus Too|Dean Obeidallah|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is no middle ground in submitting our sacred rights to the whims of foreign tyrants.
The Sony Hack and America’s Craven Capitulation To Terror|David Keyes|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One thing I do to respect the people who want to keep hip hop ‘sacred’ is refer to myself as rap-cabaret.
From Church of Christ to Pansexual Rapper|Tyler Gillespie|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Reservation is sovereign Indian land, and the grizzly is a sacred animal to these tribes.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The land involved is sacred to them and used to gather acorns for religious ceremonies.
McCain Helps a Business Partner of Iran|Ben Jacobs|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She composed a number of sacred legendae, in leonine or rhymed hexameters.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
Jacob was the author both of commentaries and of scholia on the sacred books; of these specimens are given by Assemani and Wright.