单词	sacralize
释义	sacralize /ˈseɪkrəlʌɪz / (also sacralise) verb [with object] chiefly North American Imbue with or treat as having a sacred character or quality: rural images that sacralize country life... They demonstrate that ConFest is differentially sacralised - that which is authentic or sacred to one group or individual may be profane or inauthentic to another. Where a family retains a connection with an ancestral ‘saint,’ the annual festival of this saint serves as a family reunion, and sacralizes the group, meaning those descended in the male line from the ancestor. In it, the cosmic struggle of good and evil is played out in day-to-day objects and events; through it, the world is sacralised. Derivatives sacralization noun ... The long intergroup conflict over the land itself has led to the sacralization of many sites that are well remembered and frequently visited by a great many South Africans of all backgrounds. But to dismiss such phenomena as simply trivial or amusing is to underestimate the importance of the sacralisation of everyday life and personal experience in the religious lives of individuals. It was a development that brought the sacralization of culture as a secular substitute for revealed religion, expressed visually in the creation of temple-like museums, art galleries, theatres, opera houses, and concert halls.
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