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sacred

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sacred
adjective
1 only the priest was allowed to approach this most sacred place:
holy, hallowed, blessed, blest, consecrated, sanctified, dedicated, venerated, revered.
▷antonyms unconsecrated, cursed.
2 sacred music:
religious, spiritual, devotional, church, churchly, ecclesiastical.
▷antonyms secular, profane.
3 Coronation Hill was sacred to an Indigenous group:
sacrosanct, inviolable, inviolate, unimpeachable, invulnerable, untouchable, inalienable, protected, defended, secure, safe, unthreatened.
word linkssacred
hiero- related prefix, as in hierogram, hierocracy
word toolkitsacred
See holy.
sacred Oxford Dictionary of English