| 单词 | sacred |
| 释义 | sacred —sacredly, adv. —sacredness, n. /say"krid/, adj. 1. devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated. 2. entitled to veneration or religious respect by association with divinity or divine things; holy. 3. pertaining to or connected with religion (opposed to secular or profane): sacred music; sacred books. 4. reverently dedicated to some person, purpose, or object: a morning hour sacred to study. 5. regarded with reverence: the sacred memory of a dead hero. 6. secured against violation, infringement, etc., as by reverence or sense of right: sacred oaths; sacred rights. 7. properly immune from violence, interference, etc., as a person or office. [1275-1325; ME, orig. ptp. of sacren to consecrate < L sacrare to devote, deriv. of sacer holy; see -ED2] Syn. 2. venerable, divine. See holy. 4. consecrated. 5. revered. 6. sacrosanct. 7. inviolate, inviolable. Ant. 2. blasphemous. |
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