sacred

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective concerned with religion or religious purposes
adjective worthy of respect or dedication
adjective made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use

From Middle English sacred, isacred, past participle of sacren, sakeren (“to make holy, hallow”), equivalent to sacre + -ed.

They are richer and less sacred. — Notre-Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo
A Cavalry Band is a sacred thing. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling
She is to me a sacred being. — The Sorrows of Young Werther, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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