sacredness


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sa·cred

(sā′krĭd)
adj.
1. Dedicated to or set apart for the worship of a deity.
2. Worthy of religious veneration: the sacred teachings of the Buddha.
3. Made or declared holy: sacred bread and wine.
4. Dedicated or devoted exclusively to a single use, purpose, or person: sacred to the memory of her sister; a private office sacred to the President.
5. Worthy of respect; venerable.
6. Of or relating to religious objects, rites, or practices.

[Middle English, past participle of sacren, to consecrate, from Old French sacrer, from Latin sacrāre, from sacer, sacr-, sacred; see sak- in Indo-European roots.]

sa′cred·ly adv.
sa′cred·ness n.
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Sacredness


Archaic. 1. the state or condition of being holy or sacred.
2. a holy or sacred place; a sanctuary.
3. a sacred object or relic.
sacred writing or a sacred character or symbol. — hierogrammatist, n., — hierogrammatic, hierogrammatical, adj.
Rare. sacred writing; hierograms and the art of writing them. — hierographer, n. — hierographic, hierographical, adj.
the worship of saints and of relics and other sacred objects.
1. the learning or literature concerning sacred things.
2. hierological materials. — hierologist, n. — hierologic, hierological, adj.
a form of divination involving sacrificial remains or sacred objects.
an abnormal fear of sacred objects.
1. the performance of holy works.
2. the holy work itself.
the holy of holies; a place of great holiness.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. sacredness - the quality of being sacred
holiness, sanctitude, sanctity - the quality of being holy
holy of holies - (figurative) something regarded as sacred or inviolable; "every politician fears to touch that holy of holies, the Social Security System"
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sacredness

noun
1. The quality of being holy or sacred:
2. The quality or condition of being safe from assault, trespass, or violation:
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Translations
قَداسَه
posvátnost
hellighed
szent ség
heilagleiki
posvätnosť
kutsallık

sacredness

[ˈseɪkrɪdnɪs] Nlo sagrado
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sacred

(ˈseikrid) adjective
1. of God or a god; (that must be respected because) connected with religion or with God or a god. Temples, mosques, churches and synagogues are all sacred buildings. heilig مُقَدَّس свят sagrado posvátný heilig hellig ιερός sagrado püha, sakraal- مقدس pyhä sacré קדוש धार्मिक svet, posvećen szent suci heilagur, helgur sacro 神聖な 신성한 šventas svēts; garīgs suci heilig hellig; innviet; sakral święty په دينى دود پورې مربوط sagrado sacru священный posvätný posvečen sveti ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ kutsal 神的,神聖的,上帝的 священний مقدس thuộc thần thánh 神的,神圣的,上帝的
2. (of a duty etc) which must be done etc eg because of respect for someone. He considered it a sacred duty to fulfil his dead father's wishes. eerbiedig واجِب، مُقَدَّس свещен sagrado posvátný heilig hellig ιερός, αξιοσέβαστος sagrado püha مذهبي pyhä sacré קדוש पवित्र častan szent suci heilagur sacro 厳粛な 어길 수 없는 šventas svēts tugas yang murni heilig hellig święty مذهبى sagrado sacru священный posvätný svet dužnost helig ต้องให้ความเคารพ kutsal görev 神聖的 святий دینی فریضہ thiêng liêng 神圣的
ˈsacredness noun
heiligheid قَداسَه святост o sagrado posvátnost die Heiligkeit hellighed ιερότητα lo sagrado, carácter sagrado pühitsetus تقدس pyhyys caractère sacré קדושה धर्मिकता, पवित्रता svetost, nepovredivost szent(elt)ség kesucian heilagleiki sacralità 神聖さ 신성함 šventumas svētums kesucian heiligheid hellighet swiętość په سپيڅلتيا، په پاكۍ په تقدس o sagrado caracter sacru святость posvätnosť, svätosť svetost svetost helighet, helgd ความศักดิ์สิทธิ์ kutsallık 神聖 святість تقدیس tính thần thánh 神圣
nothing is sacred (to him/them etc)
he, they etc have no respect for anything. het niks respek vir enige iets nie لا شَيء مَقَدَّسٌ لديْهِ не зачитам нищо nada é sagrado nic není svaté pro nichts ist ihm, ihnen etc. heilig intet er helligt δεν έχω ούτε ιερό ούτε όσιο ya no se respeta nada miski pole püha كسي كه براي هيچ چيز احترام قائل نيست mikään ei ole pyhää (hänelle, heille) rien n'est sacré pour אֵין ל- כָּבוד לִכלוּם किसी चीज का सम्मान नहीं करना ništa nije sveto, nemati poštovanja semmi sem szent neki tidak menghargai apa pun honum/þeim er ekkert heilagt fregarsene なにも敬わない 존경심이 없다 nieko nėra švento (viņam u.tml.) nekas nav svēts tiada apa yang dihormatinya heiligheid ingenting er hellig (for han/dem osv.) nie ma nic świętego dla... بي احترامي nada é sagrado nimic nu e sfânt (pentru el, ei etc.) (для него них и т.д.) нет ничего святого nič mu (jej ap.) nie je sväté nič (mu, jim) ni sveto ništa nije sveto ingenting är heligt för honom (dem etc.) ไม่มีความเคารพต่อสิ่งใด hiçbir şeye saygısı olmamak 對凡事概不尊重 для нього нема нічого святого کسی چیز کا احترام نہ کرنا không có gì quan trọng, thiêng liêng 对凡事概不尊重
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This head arranged for the night, those ample shoulders, had an aspect of familiar sacredness - the sacredness of domestic peace.
Of course Shelley's mind was full of the sanctity of the moment, and indignant that "the hour for which the years did sigh" should thus be broken in upon by vulgar revelry; but while we may sympathise with his view, and admit to the full the sacredness, not to say the solemnity, of the marriage ceremony, yet it is to be hoped that it still retains a naturally mirthful side, of which such public merriment is but the crude expression.
The warm defender of the sacredness of the family re- lation is the same that scatters whole families,--sun- dering husbands and wives, parents and children, sisters and brothers,--leaving the hut vacant, and the hearth desolate.
It seemed to them that what they had lived through and experienced could not be expressed in words, and that any reference to the details of his life infringed the majesty and sacredness of the mystery that had been accomplished before their eyes.
The unflinching earnestness with which he declared these things; --the dark, daring play of his sleepless, excited imagination, and all the preternatural terrors of real delirium, united to invest this Gabriel in the minds of the majority of the ignorant crew, with an atmosphere of sacredness. Moreover, they were afraid of him.
The young couple gazed with astonishment at the sight of their visitor's emotion, and wondered to see the large tears silently chasing each other down his otherwise stern and immovable features; but they felt the sacredness of his grief, and kindly refrained from questioning him as to its cause, while, with instinctive delicacy, they left him to indulge his sorrow alone.
You know you don't think it old- fashioned--you know you have the very same idea of sacredness of assumed responsibilities yourself.
That unconscious appeal, so touching and so awful in the sacredness of her sleep, ran through me like fire.
The other eminent characters by whom the chief ruler was surrounded were distinguished by a dignity of mien, belonging to a period when the forms of authority were felt to possess the sacredness of Divine institutions.
The sacredness of an obligation is such a thing which you can't cram into no bluejay's head.
Now, it chanced he had a friend, a publican in Queensferry Street, from whom, in view of the sacredness of the occasion, he thought he might extract a dram.
The sacredness of the season seemed to have been almost wholly lost sight of.

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