English Online Dictionary. What means sacred? What does sacred mean?
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English sacred, isacred, past participle of sacren, sakeren (“to make holy, hallow”), from Old French sacrer (“to consecrate, anoint, dedicate”), from Latin sacrāre, present active infinitive of sacrō, from sacer (“sacred, holy”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós (“sacred”), from *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseɪkɹɪd/
Adjective
sacred (comparative more sacred or sacreder, superlative most sacred or sacredest)
- Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy.
- November 30 2016, Joe Whittle writing in The Guardian, 'We opened eyes': at Standing Rock, my fellow Native Americans make history
- Their intent was to march peacefully down a county road to DAPL headquarters, where tribal elders would pray and hold ceremony to bless the sacred sites being disturbed by pipeline construction.
- Synonyms: consecrated, hallowed
- Religious; relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular
- Spiritual; concerned with metaphysics.
- Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
- Not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
- Synonyms: inviolable, sacrosanct
- (followed by the preposition "to") Consecrated; dedicated; devoted
- Synonym: consecrated
- (archaic) Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful.
Synonyms
- divine
- godly
- holy
Antonyms
- cursed
- damned
- profane
- unholy
- ungodly
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseɪkəd/
- Rhymes: -eɪkəd
Verb
sacred
- simple past tense and past participle of sacre
Anagrams
- Cerdas, Dacres, Des Arc, caders, cadres, cedars, crased, decars, e-cards, ecards, scared