sacred

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   (often followed by `to') devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person

   a fund sacred to charity

2. 2
   adj

   worthy of religious veneration

   the sacred name of Jesus

3. 3
   adj

   concerned with religion or religious purposes

   sacred texts

4. 4
   adj

   worthy of respect or dedication

   saw motherhood as woman's sacred calling

5. 5
   adj

   Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy.

   a sacred place

6. 6
   adj

   Religious; relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular

   Smit with the love of sacred song.

7. 7
   adj

   Spiritual; concerned with metaphysics.

   Unlike most metaphysical or philosophical naturalists who reject any supernatural beings or supernatural/sacred entities, naturalists who take the concept of the sacred seriously must answer this question: “What is the value of the sacred with respect to nature?"

8. 8
   adj

   Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.

   Such neighbor nearness to our sacred [royal] blood Should nothing privilege him.

Etymology

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