Definition of sacred

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Sacred (a.) Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful..

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Halidom :: Halidom (n.) Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; -- used chiefly in oaths.
Herald :: Herald (n.) An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character..
Stoled :: Stole (n.) A narrow band of silk or stuff, sometimes enriched with embroidery and jewels, worn on the left shoulder of deacons, and across both shoulders of bishops and priests, pendent on each side nearly to the ground. At Mass, it is worn crossed on the breast by priests. It is used in various sacred functions..
Parnassus :: Parnassus (n.) A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring..
Sacred :: Sacred (a.) Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable..
Sacrilege :: Sacrilege (n.) The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred things; the alienating to laymen, or to common purposes, what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses..
Solemn :: Solemn (a.) Marked with religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred..
Holily :: Holily (adv.) Sacredly; inviolably.
Donary :: Donary (n.) A thing given to a sacred use.
Hierography :: Hierography (n.) Sacred writing.
Ancile :: Ancile (n.) The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome..
Massacred :: Massacred (imp. & p. p.) of Massacr.
Stationed :: Station (n.) One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord's passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited in rotation, stated services being performed at each; -- called also Station o
Pali :: Pali (n.) A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead language, except when used as the sacred language of the Buddhist religion in Farther India, etc..
Deconsecrate :: Deconsecrate (v. t.) To deprive of sacredness; to secularize.
Conjure :: Conjure (v. t.) To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.
Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture..
Canopy :: Canopy (n.) A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor..
Sanctity :: Sanctity (n.) The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness.
Hagiologist :: Hagiologist (n.) One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.
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