sacred

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Connected with religion and treated with great respect.

   The temple is a sacred place for pilgrims.

2. 2
   adj

   So important that it must be respected and protected.

   For her, family time was sacred and could not be interrupted.

From Middle English sacred, isacred, past participle of sacren, sakeren (“to make holy, hallow”), equivalent to sacre + -ed.

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