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Sacred

Definition: Sacred

Sacred

Adjective

1. Concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music".

2. Worthy of respect or dedication; "saw motherhood as woman's sacred calling".

3. Made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use; "a consecrated chursh"; "the sacred mosque"; "sacred elephants"; "sacred bread and wine"; "sanctified wine".

4. Worthy of religious veneration; "the sacred name of Jesus"; "Jerusalem's hallowed soil".

5. (often followed by `to') devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person; "a fund sacred to charity"; "a morning hour sacred to study"; "a private office sacred to the President".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sacred" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Sacred \Sa"cred\, adjective. [Originally present participle of Old English sacren to consecrate, French sacrer, from the Latin expression sacrare, from sacer sacred, holy, cursed. Compare to Consecrate, Execrate, Saint, Sexton.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Sacred

DomainDefinition

Satire

SACRED, adj. Dedicated to some religious purpose; having a divine character; inspiring solemn thoughts or emotions; as, the Dalai Lama of Thibet; the Moogum of M'bwango; the temple of Apes in Ceylon; the Cow in India; the Crocodile, the Cat and the Onion of ancient Egypt; the Mufti of Moosh; the hair of the dog that bit Noah, etc. All things are either sacred or profane. The former to ecclesiasts bring gain; The latter to the devil appertain. Dumbo Omohundro. Source: Devil's Dictionary.

Computing

Sacred adj. Reserved for the exclusive use of something (an extension of the standard meaning). Often means that anyone may look at the sacred object, but clobbering it will screw whatever it is sacred to. The comment "Register 7 is sacred to the interrupt handler" appearing in a program would be interpreted by a hacker to mean that if any _other_ part of the program changes the contents of register 7, dire consequences are likely to ensue. Source: Jargon File.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Sacred

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Something is sacred if it possesses powerful and frightening connections to the supernatural. In a religion, sacred things are to be revered for their connections to divinity. For instance, Pagans consider the Earth sacred, while Roman Catholics consider the transformed host sacred. One might argue that the US government considers the Stars and Stripes to be sacred.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sacred."

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Sacred text

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Many religions and spiritual movements hold certain texts (or series of spoken legends not traditionally written down) to be sacred. Believing that their sacred texts (or scriptures) are wholly divine or partially inspired in origin, the faithful use titles like Word of God to denote the holy writtings.

Although ancient civilizations have produced handmade texts for many millenniums, the first printed scripture for wide distribution for the masses was The Diamond Sutra, a Buddhist scripture, printed in 868 AD.

Sacred texts for various religions and religious sects:

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Sacred

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

SACRED

EnglishScheme for Agricultural Credit DevelopmentFood & Agriculture, Finance

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Sacred

Synonyms: consecrated (adj), hallowed (adj), sanctified (adj). (additional references)
Antonym: profane (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Sacred

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Deity

Adjective: almighty, holy, hallowed, sacred, divine, heavenly, celestial; sacrosanct; all-knowing, all-seeing, all-wise; omniscient.

Judeo-Christian Revelation

Adjective: scriptural, biblical, sacred, prophetic; evangelical, evangelistic; apostolic, apostolical; inspired, theopneustic, theophneusted, apocalyptic, ecclesiastical, canonical, textuary.

Piety

Adjective: pious, religious, devout, devoted, reverent, godly, heavenly-minded, humble, pure, holy, spiritual, pietistic; saintly, saint-like; seraphic, sacred, solemn.

Repute

Great, dignified, proud, noble, honorable, worshipful, lordly, grand, stately, august, princely. imposing, solemn, transcendent, majestic, sacred, sublime, heaven-born, heroic, sans peur et sans reproche; sacrosanct.

Seclusion Exclusion

Among them but not of them ; " and homeless near a thousand homes I stood "; far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife; " makes a solitude and calls it peace "; magna civitas magna solitudo; " never less alone than when alone "; " O sacred solitude! divine retreat! ".

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Sacred

English words defined with "sacred": sacred fig, Sacred fish, Sacred monkey. (references)
Specialty definitions using "sacred": Absalom, Adaran, Amsanctus, Anaclethra, ArodBacchis, BAPTISM, BEHAVIOR, Belinuncia, Birds, Blenheim House, Bride CakeCastaly, Centaur, Champak', Clerkenwell, Cock and Pie, Cock-crow, CorpseDances, Davideis, Delias, Dum Vivimus, VivamusElector, Eucharist, Ezour VedaFakir'Griffon, Griffen, Grunth, Gyrfalcon, GerfalconHafed, Hair, Hairs, Halo, Hierapolis, Hinda, Holy Isle, Horn-bookIgnatius Loyola, IMBECILITY, INAUSPICIOUSLY, Innis Fodhlajanitor, church, JOSSMagicians, Marabou Feathers, Marcheshvan, Marriage Knot, Marriage Plates, Medieval studies, Melanuros, Menah, Meremoth, MorasteenNahath, New Year's GiftsOdd NumbersParnassos, Phocensian Despair, Pigeon, Pigeons, Pithom, Poisson d'Avril, Promise of OdinRabble, ram-a-dhan, ramazan, Red Sea, Passage of, reliquary, reveilleSacred Anchors, Sacred City, Sacred Heart, Sacred Isle, Sacred War, Sacred Way, Sacred Weed, Sandschaki, Save the Mark, Scandal, scarabaeus, SCRIPTURES, Seven Bibles, shar, sharia, shariat, sheriff, Sophia, Symbols of SaintstariffUrdaWailing-place, Jews', WrathYamuna, YezdZem, Zeus. (references)
Etymologies containing "sacred": Zend-Avesta. (references)

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Modern Usage: Sacred

DomainUsage

Screenplays

There is a pestilence upon this land, nothing is sacred. Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress in this period in history (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese)

Credit is a sacred trust, it's what our free society is founded on. Do you think they give a damn about their bills in Russia (Repo Man; writing credit: Alex Cox)

The sacred domain of God. His heavens (Conquest of Space; writing credit: Chesley Bonestell; Willy Ley)

You stole our sacred book so you could perform magical plastic surgery on yourself (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

That I may dedicate each victory to her and call upon her in defeat, and if at last I give my life, I give it in the sacred name of Dulcinea (Man of La Mancha; writing credit: Dale Wasserman)

Lyrics

I stumble into town just like a sacred cow (China Girl; performing artist: David Bowie)

I went down to the sacred store (American Pie; performing artist: Don McLean)

Something sacred in your eyes, (Father Figure; performing artist: George Michael)

I'm sacred to fall in love (Every Time; performing artist: Janet Jackson)

Found a sacred place (Waiting For Tonight; performing artist: Jennifer Lopez)

Clever

Sacred cows make the best hamburger. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Movie/TV Titles

The Secret of the Sacred Forest (1970)

How the Sacred Fire Heroic Winds Defeat the Fire Lotus Array (1967)

Part 1 Moslem Sacred Fire Decree (1965)

Sacred Mystery (1937)

Nothing Sacred (1937)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Sacred

DomainTitle

Books

  • Cry for Luck: Sacred Song and Speech Among the Yurok, Hupa, and Karok Indians of Northwestern California (reference)

  • Power Places of Kathmandu: Hindu and Buddhist Holy Sites in the Sacred Valley of Nepal (reference)

  • Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential (reference)

  • Sacred Geometry: Philosophy and Practice (reference)

  • Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey (reference)

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Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Dragon Ball Z - Garlic Jr. - Sacred Water (reference)

  • Dragonball Z, Vol. 29 - Garlic Jr: Sacred Water (Uncut) (reference)

  • Sacred Living Geometry: The Enlightened Environmental Theories of Viktor Schauberger (reference)

  • Andrea Bocelli - Sacred Arias: The Home Video (reference)

  • Sacred Silence (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Sacred

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Photo Album: Sacred

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Life Is Sacred : You Can Give Life... Be A Kidney Donor. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

"Can you rest one hand on the sacred altar of Liberty, and with the other extend the domain of the darkest curse . . .". Credit: Library of Congress.

Hands off! my person is sacred. Credit: Library of Congress.

Pundit expounding the sacred writings. Credit: Library of Congress.

Sacred to the memory of Josiah Skinflint --. Credit: Library of Congress.

The disarmament idea threatens sacred traditions. Credit: Library of Congress.

Honoring their ancestral heroes - beautiful Shinto priestess prepares the sacred carp for offering to shrine, Tokyo. Credit: Library of Congress.

O'Rourke's Tower and great Cross, (N.W.) in sacred Clonmacnoise, Ireland. Credit: Library of Congress.

Church of the Sacred Heart, Augusta, Ga. Credit: Library of Congress.

Zebu, sacred oxen of India, the zoo, Belle Isle [Park], Detroit, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Sacred
 

"Sacred Grave" by Dave Edwards
Commentary: "Black and white of an iteresting engraving on a tombstone in Oundle graveyard."
"Sacred Page" by MESH'AL A.
Commentary: "A page from the Holy Koran (quran), the scripture of Islam."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Sacred

AuthorQuotation

Bernard Joseph Saurin

Nothing is sacred to a gamester.

Charles Caleb Colton

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

Heraclitus

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

Horace

Every old poem is sacred.

John Burroughs

Time does not become sacred to us until we have lived it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred.

Sophocles

Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law.

Walt Whitman

If anything is sacred the human body is sacred.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Sacred

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

First, As, in some countries, the person of the prince by the law is sacred; and so, whatever he commands or does, his person is still free from all question or violence, not liable to force, or any judicial censure or condemnation. (Second Treatise of Government)

US Declaration of Independence

1776

And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

To those colonies and territories which as a consequence of the late war have ceased to be under the sovereignty of the States which formerly governed them and which are inhabited by peoples not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world, there should be applied the principle that the well-being and development of such peoples form a sacred trust of civilisation and that securities for the performance of this trust should be embodied in this Covenant. (reference)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1963

Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1912)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Sacred

TitleAuthorQuote

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

As the sacred edifice was too much thronged to admit another auditor, she took up her position close beside the scaffold of the pillory

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Nothing being sacred to him, he was smoking

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Every impure thought, deliberately yielded to, is a keen lance transfixing that sacred and loving heart

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Sacred

SubjectTopicQuote

Children

Nepal

Some persons, in fact, consider marrying a girl before menarche an honorable, sacred act that increases one's chances of a better afterlife. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cote d'Ivoire

The religious stations broadcast a mix of religious services, debates, and sacred music. (references)

Morocco

The Government annually organizes in May the "Fez Festival of Sacred Music," which includes musicians from many countries representing many religions. (references)

Economic History

Benin

Benin has fields of lying fallow, mangroves, and remnants of large sacred forests. (references)

Indigenous People

Guatemala

In 1997, as called for by the Peace Accords, a Commission for the Definition of Sacred Places was created to discuss the mechanism for the administration, use, and preservation of places sacred to indigenous people. (references)

Guatemala

The commissions established to discuss the implementation of constitutional provisions relating to indigenous rights met during the year to formulate recommendations to the Government regarding protection of indigenous culture, languages, traditions, lands, and sacred sites. (references)

Minorities

Nepal

Since then, members of the lower castes have successfully and publicly entered many temples, including Pashupatinath, the national site most sacred to Hindus. (references)

Political Economy

JAPAN

The current Koizumi government has sought to break from the policy of fiscal support by capping the government budget deficit and promising thoroughgoing structural reform "without sacred cows." The Bank of Japan has also reduced interest rates on short term funds to essentially zero, but its ability to lower real interest rates has been hampered by persistent deflation. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

BEHAVIOR, n. Conduct, as determined, not by principle, but by breeding. The word seems to be somewhat loosely used in Dr. Jamrach Holobom's translation of the following lines from the Dies Irae: Recordare, Jesu pie, Quod sum causa tuae viae. Ne me perdas illa die. Pray remember, sacred Savior, Whose the thoughtless hand that gave your Death-blow. Pardon such behavior.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Sacred

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Adams

1797-1801Honor is truly sacred, but holds a lower rank in the scale of moral excellence than virtue.

James Madison

1809-1817Not to contend for such a stake is to surrender our equality with other powers on the element common to all and to violate the sacred title which every member of the society has to its protection.

James Monroe

1817-1825To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837The framers of that sacred instrument had greater difficulties to overcome, and they did overcome them.

Martin van Buren

1837-1841In receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided to my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success.

James Buchanan

1857-1861This sacred right of each individual must be preserved.

William H. Taft

1909-1913We are charged with the sacred duty of making their path as smooth and easy as we can.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001For we are the keepers of a sacred trust, and we must be faithful to it in this new era.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Sacred

"Sacred" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sacred" is used about 1,305 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%1,3056,068

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Sacred

Expressions using "sacred": consecrated sacred sanctified keep sacred regard as sacred sacred baboon sacred bean sacred beetle sacred bull sacred canon sacred college sacred cow sacred duty sacred fig sacred fire sacred fish Sacred Heart sacred ibis sacred lotus sacred monkey sacred mushroom sacred music sacred place Sacred psychology sacred right sacred text sacred to sacred to venus sacred vessel sacred writ sacred writing society of the Sacred Heart The sacred college the sacred heart. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "sacred": sacred-profane.

Ending with "sacred": near-sacred, non-sacred, semi-sacred.

Containing "sacred": no-sacred-cows.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sacred

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

sacred heart

867

page sacred

37

sacred heart university

331

diet heart medical sacred

36

sacred heart hospital

230

sacred site

36

sacred heart diet

193

with sacred threads

35

sacred heart of jesus

178

sacred music

34

sacred geometry

166

sacred sexuality

34

sacred space

127

sacred reich

32

heart sacred tattoo

107

card gi oh sacred yu

32

sacred

107

sacred sex

31

center heart medical sacred

90

feminine sacred

30

sacred heart school

83

nothing sacred

29

sacred place

73

heart hospital sacred spokane

26

sacred heart academy

56

heart novena sacred

26

sacred text

54

sacred grounds

26

heart picture sacred

48

the sacred romance

26

five mountain sacred

46

sacred spirit

24

church heart sacred

46

sacred heart college

23

heart hospital pensacola sacred

41

sacred cow

23

sacred heart high school

39

sacred heart catholic church

22

heart jesus picture sacred

37

sacred heart convent

22
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Sacred

Language Translations for "sacred"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i shenjtëruar (sanctified), i shenjtë (consecrated, divine, heavenly, holy, sacramental, sacrosanct, Saint, sainted, saintlike, saintly), i paprekshëm (intangible, invulnerable, untouchable). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مكرس لعبادة الله, ‏مكرس لشخص ما, ‏مقدس (blessed, consecrating, divine, hallowing, heavenly, holy, sacramental, sacrist, sanctifying), ‏قدسي (holy), ‏حرم (abridge, ban, be bereaved, be forbidden, bereave, contraband, debar, deny, deprive, disable, dispossess, divest, excommunicate, forbade, forbid, geld, interdict, inviolable, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, restrain, rob, sanctuary, starve, suppress, wife), ‏ديني (divine, religious). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

свят (creation, earth, holy, ineffable, sainted, saintly, sanctimonious, spiritual, universe, world), свещен (blessed, holy, sacrosanct, sainted, sanctimonious, taboo), неприкосновен (immune, sacrosanct, untouchable), посветен (dedicated, devoted, initiated, inner, inscribed, inside, privy). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(holy, sage, saint), 神聖 (divine, hallow, holy), 神圣 (Celestial, Holiness, SAC, sacredness, Sacs, Sanctities, sanctity). (various references)

   

Czech

  

svatý (blessed, holy, perfect, Saint, saintlike, saintly, st, unfailing), posvátný (holy, religious, sacrosanct, saintly), duchovní (clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, intellectual, parson, spiritual). (various references)

   

Danish

  

indisk lotusblomst (Indian lotus, sacred bean), helligt skrift (sacred scripture), hellig figentræ (bo tree, peepul, peepul tree, pipal, pipal tree, pipul, sacred fig). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

sacraal (holy), heilig (holy), geheiligd (holy). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

sankta (holy). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

heilagur (holy), halgur (holy). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مقدس (Holy, Innocent, Numinous, Sacrosanct, Saint, Sanctimonious), موقوف , وقف شده (Consecrate, Holy), خاص (Particular, Special, Specific), روحانی (Clergyman, Ethereal, Heavenly, Priest, Religious, Unworldly). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

pyhä (feast, holiday, holy, holy day, Sunday). (various references)

   

French

  

saint (saint, saintly), sacré (sacral). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

hillich (holy). (various references)

   

German

  

heilig (awed, blessed, devout, hallowed, holy, righteous, Saint, saintly, solemn). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

όσιος, ιερόσ (holy, sacrosanct), ιερός (holy), θρησκευτικόσ (religious). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מקודש (consecrated, hallowed, holy, sanctified), קדוש (consecration, holy, kiddush, sacramental, saintly, sanctification, solemn). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szentesített (consecrate, sanctified), szentelt (consecrate). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

heilagur (holy). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

sakral, keramat. (various references)

   

Italian

  

sacro (consecrated, dedicated, holy, sacrum). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

貴い (exalted, noble, precious, priceless, valuable). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

たっとい (exalted, noble, precious, priceless, valuable), そん (disadvantage, exalted, loss, noble, precious, priceless, southeast, valuable), とうとい (exalted, noble, precious, priceless, valuable). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

신성한 (holy). (various references)

   

Manx

  

noo (beatific, consecrated, hallowed, holy, saint), feailley (end, end of roof, feast, festival, fete, holiday, Holy day), casherick (sanctimonious). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

santu (holy, sand), santo (holy, sand), sagrado (holy), dibino (divine, holy). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acredsay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

święty (holy). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

sagrado (bounden, holy, sainted, taboo), santo (holy, saint, sainted, saintly), sacro (holy, sacral, sacrum). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

spiritual (bright, clever, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, ghostly, humorous, humoursome, immaterial, ingeniously, mental, moral, neat, sacerdotal, smart, spirited, spiritual, witty), sfinţit (consecrate, hallowed, holy, West), sacru (consecrated, inviolable), inviolabil (infrangible, inviolable, irrefrangible), de neatins (impossible). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

священный (blessed, sacramental, sacrosanct, taboo, untouchable), зарезервированный, посвященный (devoted, privy, sanctified), духовный (clerical, clerkly, ecclesiastical, ghostly, inward, moral, noetic, otherworldly, psychic, spiritual, unworldly). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

laoidh (a lay, hymn, lay, sacred poem). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

sveti (holy, sacrosanct, saint, saintly, sanctified, st.). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sagrado (holy, sacral, sainted, sanctuary). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

santa (holy, holy man, pious, saint). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

helig (holy, inviolable, sacrosanct, sainted), religiös (pious, religious), helgad (devoted). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ซึ่งอุทิศให้แก่พระเจ้า. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kutsal (blessed, celestial, divine, heavenly, hiero-, holy, inviolate, sacramental, sacrosanct, Saint, sainted, saintly, sanctified, sanctus, solemn, venerable). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

mukaddes (holy). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

святий (divine, hallow, holy, sainted, saintly, sanctimonious), непорушний (eternal, firm, hard and fast, immobile, immutable, indefeasible, standing, static, stygian), недоторканний (untouchable), духовний (clerical, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, ghostly, inward, psychic, spiritual, unworldly). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

của thần thiêng liêng, bất khả xâm phạm. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

cysegredig (consecrated). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Sacred

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE

hieros. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

sanctus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Sacred

LanguageDateSource2 Timothy Chapter 3, Verse 15
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai oti apo brefouV ta iera grammata oidaV ta dunamena se sofisai eiV swthrian dia pistewV thV en cristw ihsou
Latin405VulgateEt quia ab infantia sacras litteras nosti quae te possint instruere ad salutem per fidem quae est in Christo Iesu
Middle English1395WyclifFor thou hast knowun hooli lettris fro thi youthe, whiche moun lerne thee to heelthe, bi feith that is in Crist Jhesu.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd for as moche also as thou hast knowe holy scripture of a chylde which is able to make the wyse vnto saluacion thorowe the fayth which ys in Christ Iesu.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd that from a child thou hast known the sacred scriptures, which are able to make thee wise to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Sacred

Language2 Timothy Chapter 3, Verse 15
Cebuanoug nga sukad sa imong pagkabata ikaw nakasabut na sa balaan nga kasulatan nga makagagahum sa pagtudlo kanimo ngadto sa kaluwasan pinaagi sa pagtoo kang Cristo Jesus.
Chinese並 且 知 道 你 是 從 小 明 白 聖 經 . 這 聖 經 能 使 你 因 信 基 督 耶 穌 有 得 救 的 智 慧 。
Croatiani da od malena poznaješ Sveta pisma koja su vrsna uèiniti te mudrim tebi na spasenje po vjeri, vjeri u Kristu Isusu.
Danishog efterdi du fra Barn af kender de hellige Skrifter, som kunne gøre dig viis til Frelse ved Troen på Kristus Jesus.
DutchEn dat gij van kinds af de heilige Schriften geweten hebt, die u wijs kunnen maken tot zaligheid, door het geloof, hetwelk in Christus Jezus is.
Finnishja koska jo lapsuudestasi saakka tunnet pyhät kirjoitukset, jotka voivat tehdä sinut viisaaksi, niin että pelastut uskon kautta, joka on Kristuksessa Jeesuksessa.
Frenchdès ton enfance, tu connais les saintes lettres, qui peuvent te rendre sage à salut par la foi en Jésus Christ.
GermanUnd weil du von Kind auf die heilige Schrift weißt, kann dich dieselbe unterweisen zur Seligkeit durch den Glauben an Christum Jesum.
Haitian CreoleDepi ou te tou piti ou konnen sa ki nan Liv Bondye a. Se liv sa a k'ap ba ou bon konprann, bon konprann ki fè moun rive delivre, gremesi konfyans yo gen nan Jezikri.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariEngkau harus ingat bahwa sejak kecil engkau sudah mengenal Alkitab. Alkitab itu dapat memberikan kepadamu pengertian untuk mendapat keselamatan melalui iman kepada Kristus Yesus.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamadan lagi dari kecil engkau sudah mengenal akan kitab yang kudus, yang boleh memberi kepadamu akal mendatangkan selamat oleh iman akan Kristus Yesus.
LatvianBet tu taèu no bçrnîbas zini Svçtos Rakstus: tie spçj tevi pamâcît pestîðanai caur ticîbu uz Kristu Jçzu.
MaoriKi a koe ano i mohio o tou tamarikitanga ake, ki nga karaipiture tapu, ko nga mea era e whai matauranga ai koe, e ora ai, i runga i te whakapono ki a Karaiti Ihu.
Norwegianog da du fra barndommen av kjenner de hellige skrifter, som kan gjøre dig vis til frelse ved troen på Kristus Jesus.
Portuguesee que desde a infância sabes as sagradas letras, que podem fazer-te sábio para a salvação, pela que há em Cristo Jesus.   
Rumaniandin pruncie cunowti Sfintele Scripturi, cari pot sq-yi dea knyelepciunea care duce la mkntuire, prin credinya kn Hristos Isus.
ShuarUchichinmayan Yus-Chicham nékame. Yus-Chichamka uwempratniun jintintramamniaiti. Nusha "Jesukrístu nekas Enentáimtakum uwemprattame" tawai.
SwahiliUnakumbuka kwamba tangu utoto wako umeyajua Maandiko Matakatifu ambayo yaweza kukupatia hekima iletayo wokovu kwa njia ya imani kwa Kristo Yesu.
UmaNgkai kakedia' -nu nu'inca-mi ihi' Buku Tomoroli'. Buku Tomoroli' toe to ma'ala mponotohi nono-ta duu' -na mepangala' -ta hi Kristus Yesus pai' -ta tehore ngkai huku' jeko' -ta.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Sacred

Derivations

Words beginning with "sacred": sacredly, sacredness, sacrednesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "sacred": massacred, semisacred. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Sacred" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ascarid, sabred, sacard, Sacer, sacerd, sacerdos, sached, Sacrac, Sacree, sacreed, sacrer, sacret, sacri, sacris, sacro, sagrado, Sagredo, Sancreed, sarce, sarde, sared, sarod, scarde, scaredy, scrad, scryed, Secre, secred, sicre. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Sacred"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "sacred" (pronounced sā"krud)
4-k r u dacrid.
3-r u danhydride, arid, kindred, lurid, florid, hatred, horrid, hundred, hybrid, putrid, torrid.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Sacred

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: cadres, cedars, scared.

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-r-s"

-1 letter: acred, acres, arced, cades, cadre, cards, cared, cares, carse, cased, cedar, daces, dares, dears, escar, raced, races, rased, reads, scare, serac.

-2 letters: aced, aces, acre, arcs, ares, arse, cade, cads, card, care, cars, case, dace, dare, dear, ears, eras, race, rads, rase, read, recs, reds, sade, sard, scad, scar, sear, sera.

-3 letters: ace.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-r-s"
 

+1 letter: arcades, cadgers, carders, cradles, crashed, creased, crusade, dackers, dancers, decares, echards, radices, redacts, redcaps, scarfed, scarped, scarred, scarted, scraped, sidecar.

 

+2 letters: acceders, accursed, acridest, adducers, ascender, ascribed, brocades, cadaster, cadastre, cadavers, calderas, candlers, carbides, cardcase, caressed, caroused, charades, cheddars, chresard, comrades, cordages, corrades, cradlers, crusaded, crusader, crusades, cudbears, decayers, deciares, declares, decrease, decrials, defacers, detracts, disgrace, durances, endosarc, escarped, hardcase, idocrase, keycards, peracids, rachides, radicels, radicles, reascend, redcoats, rescaled, respaced, sacredly, scarphed, scorepad, scragged, scrammed, scrapped, scrawled, screaked, screamed, searched, sidecars, starched, surfaced, traduces.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Speeches
14. Usage Frequency
15. Expressions
16. Expressions: Internet
17. Translations: Modern
18. Translations: Ancient
19. Bible Trace
20. Abbreviations
21. Acronyms
22. Derivations
23. Rhymes
24. Anagrams
25. Bibliography


  

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