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Sacred meaning
Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy. | Religious; relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular | Spiritual; concerned with metaphysics.
Example sentences (20)
The Ésevone / Hóhkėha'e (Sacred Buffalo Hat) is kept in the vonȧhéome (old term) or hóhkėha'éome (new term) ("Sacred Hat Lodge, Sacred Hat Tepee").
The Sacred Chao The Sacred Chao A unique symbol created in Discordianism, the Sacred Chao was devised by the Apostle Hung Mung in ancient China.
When one is engaged in their secular activities (after the more sacred ones), there is an opportunity – not present in the sacred activities, to extract some aspects of good from the mundane.
In any case, Sacred Heart has a diner like what I’ve described, and we absolutely can not allow Sacred Heart to outdo us as a school.
What is it that I hold sacred — I love that sacred is scared if you move just one letter; they are so close they’re twins — what is it that tells me what is impossible and what’s not?
Citing the words “equally sacred”—where Pope Francis refers to human life itself— a 2020 election scorecard promoted by Catholics for Biden outlines “Equally Sacred Priorities” that equate abortion with a number of other issues in importance.
Mr Ryan believes there is ‘no room for mediation’ over the issue because ‘sacred land is sacred land’.
Sacred Harp seems somewhat of an odd name for a company of singers—until one realizes that "sacred harp" is an old reference to the human voice, one's own God-given instrument.
That land is sacred ground, and it needs to be returned to its sacred condition,” Mekko Thompson said.
The Shiloh Sacred Harp Singers greeted everyone personally — some friends from previous events and others who had been participating in Sacred Harp “for about 10 minutes,” one participant noted.
Well, I say sacred in the sense of rigidly applied — sacred, no.
The barrels were painted with the phrases, "Protect the Sacred" and "Honor the Treaties," highlighting how buffalo are sacred creatures to the Plains Indians, according to Wild Buffalo Defense.
Another theory is that the House of Fire had a religious function as the repository the sacred flame used in sacred ceremonies.
Consultants, carrying laurel branches sacred to Apollo, approached the temple along the winding upward course of the Sacred Way, bringing a young goat kid for sacrifice in the forecourt of the temple, and a monetary fee.
During the sede vacante of over two months, "shameless trafficking in sacred things was indulged in. Even sacred vessels were exposed for sale".
He adds that Jerusalem is sacred to Muslims because of its prior holiness to Jews and its standing as home to the biblical prophets and kings David and Solomon, all of whom he says are sacred figures in Islam.
Hence for many modern readers Tantra is now synonymous with "spiritual sex" or "sacred sexuality," a belief that sex should be recognized as a sacred act capable of elevating its participants to a higher spiritual plane.
In addition there were such sacred officials as the 'addir 'ararim or praefectus sacrorum, the nēquim ēlīm, and probably a sacred college of fifteen members.
In cases where a religious ceremony is present, a Brahmin (Hindu priest) arranges a sacred yajna (fire-sacrifice), and the sacred fire ( Agni ) is considered the prime witness ( sākshī ) of the marriage.
Mandalas are sacred enclosures, sacred architecture that house and contain the uncontainable essence of a yidam.