英语词汇“Sacred College”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sacred /sāˈkrid/

adjective

Consecrated

Devoted

Set apart or dedicated to religious use, esp to God

Holy

Emanating from God

Religious

Entitled to veneration or worship

Not to be violated, breached, etc

Accursed (rare)

ORIGIN: Pap of obs sacre, from OFr sacrer, from L sacrāre, from sacer sacred

saˈcredly adverb

saˈcredness noun

sacred ape noun

The hanuman of India

sacred beetle noun

An Egyptian scarab

sacred cat noun

The house cat of Egypt, sacred to Pasht or Bast

Sacred College noun

The body of cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church

sacred cow noun (informal)

An institution, custom, etc, so venerated that it is above criticism (in allusion to the animal being sacrosanct in Hinduism)

sacred fish noun

Oxyrhynchus

Sacred Heart noun (RC)

The physical heart of Christ, adored with special devotion since the 18c

sacred mushroom noun

Any of various hallucinogenic mushrooms, eg of the genus Psilocybe of N and S America, and Amanita of Europe and Asia, used in religious rituals and ceremonies
A mescal button used in a similar way