/
ˈseɪkrɪd/
adj.
  - connected with a deity and so deserving veneration; holy. 
▸(of writing or text) embodying the doctrines of a religion.
 ▸sacrosanct.
 - religious rather than secular.
 
Derivative
- sacredly adv.
  - sacredness n.
 
Etymology
ME: past part. of archaic sacre ‘consecrate’, from OFr. sacrer, from L. sacrare, from sacer, sacr- ‘holy’.