/
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’.