Definitions for sacred
ˈseɪ krɪdsa·cred

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. sacred(adj)

   concerned with religion or religious purposes

   "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music"

2. sacred(adj)

   worthy of respect or dedication

   "saw motherhood as woman's sacred calling"

3. consecrated, sacred, sanctified(adj)

   made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use

   "a consecrated church"; "the sacred mosque"; "sacred elephants"; "sacred bread and wine"; "sanctified wine"

4. hallowed, sacred(adj)

   worthy of religious veneration

   "the sacred name of Jesus"; "Jerusalem's hallowed soil"

5. sacred(adj)

   (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"

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sacred(adj)

   set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service

2. Sacred(adj)

   relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred history

3. Sacred(adj)

   designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable

4. Sacred(adj)

   hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable

5. Sacred(adj)

   consecrated; dedicated; devoted; -- with to

6. Sacred(adj)

   solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sacred

   sā′kred, adj. set apart or dedicated, esp. to God: made holy: proceeding from God: religious: entitled to respect or veneration: inviolable: devoted to destruction: opposed to secular, as sacred music or history: not liable to punishment.—adv. Sā′credly.—n. Sā′credness.—Sacred ape, the hanuman of India; Sacred beetle, an Egyptian scarab; Sacred cat, the house cat of Egypt, sacred to Pasht; Sacred fish, one of the fresh-water fishes of the Nile; Sacred Heart (R.C.), the physical heart of Christ, adored with special devotion since the 18th century. [O. Fr. sacrer—L. sacrāre—L. sacer, sacred.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sacred

   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.

Editors Contribution(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. sacred

   The truth and principle of life that a human being or animal are equal, valued, trusted and worthy of respect.

   The life of an animal or human being is sacred.

   Submitted by MaryC on June 14, 2016  

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sacred' in Adjectives Frequency: #859

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1. Ecards

How to pronounce sacred?

1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sacred in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sacred in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of sacred in a Sentence

1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

   Five miles meandering with mazy motion,Through dale the sacred river ran,Then reached the caverns measureless to man,And sank the tumult to a lifeless oceanAnd 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from farAncestral voices prophesying war

2. Chief Financial Officer Anthony DiSilvestro:

   Everything is on the table. There are no sacred cows.

3. Ramon Fonseca:

   We believe there's an international campaign against privacy. Privacy is a sacred human right (but) there are people in the world who do not understand that and we definitely believe in privacy and will continue working so that legal privacy can work.

4. Nancy Pelosi:

   The memory of 9/11 is sacred ground, and any discussion of it must be done with reverence, the President shouldn't use the painful images of 9/11 for a political attack.

5. Benjamin W. Decker:

   Meditation is a sacred, ancient practice that people of all world traditions practice in some form or another.

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