adjective
- Concerned with religion or religious purposes.
- usage: "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music"
- Worthy of respect or dedication.
- usage: "saw motherhood as woman's sacred calling"
- Made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use.
- usage: "a consecrated church"; "the sacred mosque"; "sacred elephants"; "sacred bread and wine"; "sanctified wine"
- synonyms: consecrated, sanctified
- Worthy of religious veneration.
- usage: "the sacred name of Jesus"; "Jerusalem's hallowed soil"
- synonyms: hallowed
- Often followed by `to'. ( devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person)
- usage: "a fund sacred to charity"; "a morning hour sacred to study"; "a private office sacred to the President"
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