Sacred
Meanings and phrases
sacred
- concerned with religion or religious purposes
- made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use; consecrated; sanctified
- worthy of respect or dedication
- worthy of religious veneration; hallowed
- (often followed by `to') devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person
Sacred College
- (Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new Popes; College of Cardinals
Sacred Trinity
- the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead; Trinity; Holy Trinity; Blessed Trinity
n.
- fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists; pipal; pipal tree; pipul; peepul; bo tree; Ficus religiosa
n.
- native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers; lotus; Indian lotus; Nelumbo nucifera
n.
- the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin; mescal button; magic mushroom
n.
- writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity; sacred writing; religious writing; religious text
- In 1899 he published "Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches", which he claimed had been a sacred text for Italian witches.
- At the top of the hierarchy was the Insular half-uncial (or "Insular majuscule"), used for important documents and sacred text.
- Leela Charitra Leela Charitra is a biography of Chakradhar Swami, the guru of the Mahanubhava sect, and is a sacred text of that sect.
n.
- writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity; sacred text; religious writing; religious text
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- Wolf's sacred music shows influence of C.P.E.
- The mass, like his other sacred music, is popular in Germany.
- He also composed aguinaldos, hymns, danzones and sacred music.
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- In Islam, the Quran is considered to be the most sacred source of law.
- Alex risks everything – and may not make it to the most sacred of days.
- The club is named after the Sacred Cave Fovu, one of the most sacred place.
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- In other cases the skull is put in sacred place.
- The mutt is a peaceful and sacred place with powerful vibrations.
- This sacred place is well known as "Kanwa Gundi"(in Malayalam "kannikund").
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- The sheep which Balumama had were considered sacred.
- It is still considered sacred by the Choctaw.
- The place where vluchala lightning was considered sacred.
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- Shruthi Śruti is Hindu sacred texts.
- The Book of Mormon is one of four sacred texts or standard works of the LDS Church.
- Many religions treat eschatology as a future event prophesied in sacred texts or in folklore.
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- There are sacred sites located in Mecca; Mina, Arafat, and Muzdalifah.
- Ten sacred sites were also documented by Daniel Krencker and Willy Schietzschmann in 1938.
- They are known mainly from inscriptions on statues and stelae left in sacred sites as votive offerings.
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- They spend their time on Parnassus, which is one of their sacred places.
- Accordingly, demons guarded sacred places or the gates to the netherworld.
- He used a pestle that he would place in equilibrium near the sacred places.
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- A sacred site at Tel Dan has been excavated southwest of Mount Hermon.
- The Big Horn Medicine Wheel is a sacred site to many people of many nations.
- Western pilgrims to Jerusalem during the eleventh century found much of the sacred site in ruins."
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- Many late medieval Christmas customs incorporated both sacred and secular themes.
- His blessings are sought when beginning study of both sacred and secular subjects.
- As a LeSEA O&O, KEEN-CA broadcast programming that can be defined as a mix between sacred and secular.
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- She hung it in a sacred grove at Tegea as a dedication to Artemis.
- The sacred grove called Paradhevatha Kavu is well maintained and attracts many visitors.
- The Munda, Ho, Santhal and Oraon tribe followed the Sarna religion, where Sarna means sacred grove.
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- He associated sacred objects with fetishes, and sacred formulae with magic formulae.
- Ursula is offered a deal where the other clans will offer their help if she gives them sacred objects belonging to her family.
- These feelings of exaltation, he argued, ultimately lead people to believe that there were forces that governed sacred objects.