1 connected with God or a god; considered to be holy:
a sacred image / shrine / temple * sacred music * Cows are sacred to Hindus.
2 very important and treated with great respect:
Human life must always be sacred. * For journalists nothing is sacred (= they can write about anything). * Some companies offer five-year plans but there is nothing sacred about this length of time (= it can be changed).
sacredness noun [U]-see also SANCTITY
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is sacred a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, sacred is tagged as adjective.
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