sa•cred^*ˈseɪ krɪd(adj.)

1. devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.

   Category: Religion

2. entitled to veneration or religious respect by association with divinity or divine things; holy.

   Category: Religion

3. pertaining to or connected with religion

   Category: Religion

   Ref: (opposed to secular or profane ).

4. reverently dedicated to some person, purpose, or object; consecrated:

   a morning hour sacred to study.

5. regarded with reverence:

   the sacred memory of a dead hero.

6. secured against violation, infringement, etc., as by reverence or sense of right:

   sacred oaths.

7. properly immune from violence, interference, etc.; inviolable.

^* Syn: See holy.

Origin of sacred:

1275–1325; ME, orig. ptp. of sacren to consecrate < L sacrāre, der. of sacer hallowed, sacred

sa′cred•ness(n.)