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Word: Sacred
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English: past participle of archaic sacre ‘consecrate’, from Old French sacrer, from Latin sacrare, from sacer, sacr- ‘holy’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈseɪkrɪd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
connected with God or a god or dedicated to a religious purpose and so deserving veneration
Short Definition:connected with God or god or dedicated to religious purpose and so deserving veneration
Examples:- sacred rites
- the site at Eleusis is sacred to Demeter
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