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sacred
[sey-krid] 
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sacred
[sey-krid]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | holy, blessed |
| Synonyms: | angelic, cherished, consecrated, divine, enshrined, godly, hallowed, numinous, pious, pure, religious, revered, sacramental, saintly, sanctified, solemn, spiritual, unprofane, venerable |
| Antonyms: | irreligious, lay, profane, ungodly, unholy, unsacred |
| Main Entry: | blessed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sanctified |
| Synonyms: | adored, among the angels, beatified, consecrated, divine, enthroned, exalted, glorified, hallowed, holy, inviolable, redeemed, resurrected, revered, rewarded, sacred, sacrosanct, saved, spiritual, unprofane |
| Antonyms: | condemned, cursed, damned, disapproved |
| Main Entry: | clerical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning clergy |
| Synonyms: | apostolic, canonical, churchly, cleric, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, episcopal, holy, ministerial, monastic, monkish, papal, parsonical, parsonish, pastoral, pontifical, prelatic, priestly, rabbinical, sacerdotal, sacred, theocratical |
| Main Entry: | divine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | godlike, perfect |
| Synonyms: | all-powerful, almighty, ambrosial, angelic, anointed, beatific, beautiful, blissful, celestial, consecrated, deific, deistic, eternal, exalted, excellent, glorious, godly, hallowed, heavenly, holy, immaculate, magnificent, marvelous, mystical, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, rapturous, religious, sacramental, sacred, sacrosanct, sanctified, spiritual, splendid, superhuman, superlative, supernatural, supreme, theistic, transcendent, transcendental, transmundane, unearthly, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | God-fearing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | religious |
| Synonyms: | churchgoing, dedicated, devoted, devout, ecclesiastical, faithful, godly, goody-goody, holy, orthodox, pious, prayerful, reverent, righteous, sacred, spiritual, theological |
| Main Entry: | hallowed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | holy, revered |
| Synonyms: | anointed, beatified, blessed, consecrated, dedicated, divine, enshrined, holy, honored, inviolable, sacred, sacrosanct, sanctified, unprofane |
| Antonyms: | desecrated, irreligious, profane, unhallowed, unholy, unsanctified |
| Main Entry: | ineffable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | too great for words |
| Synonyms: | beyond words, celestial, divine, empyreal, empyrean, ethereal, heavenly, holy, ideal, impossible, incommunicable, incredible, indefinable, indescribable, inexpressible, nameless, sacred, spiritual, too sacred for words, transcendent, transcendental, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable |
| Antonyms: | definable, describable, utterable |
| Main Entry: | pious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dedicated, religious |
| Synonyms: | born-again, clerical, devoted, devout, divine, ecclesiastical, godly, goody-goody, orthodox, prayerful, priestly, reverent, righteous, sacred, saintly, sanctimonious, spiritual |
| Antonyms: | atheist, impious, irreligious, sinful, wicked |
| Main Entry: | religious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning belief in divinity |
| Synonyms: | believing, born-again, canonical, churchgoing, churchly, clerical, deistic, devotional, devout, divine, doctrinal, ecclesiastical, god-fearing, godly, holy, ministerial, moral, orthodox, pietistic, pious, pontifical, prayerful, priestly, pure, reverent, righteous, sacerdotal, sacred, sacrosanct, saintlike, saintly, scriptural, sectarian, spiritual, supernatural, theistic, theological |
| Antonyms: | agnostic, atheistic, irreligious, ungodly |
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