sacred
Example Sentences
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These divisions were a distinctly Christian interpretation, expressing a claim to the sacred sites of both the Old and New Testaments.
From Science Daily
An ancient well, buried in the sacred crypt of a historic Glasgow church, has been excavated and transformed into a major art project, seen by the public for the first time in living memory.
From BBC
Under a ruling established at the time of Israel's creation in 1948, men who devote themselves full-time to studying sacred Jewish texts are given a de facto pass from mandatory military service.
From Barron's
To cope, Duncan, 61, told herself that her husband’s decline and death was a sacred time and that she was part of a spiritual transition.
El Pais daily reported that the Civil Guard had searched the convent "to clarify if the former nuns had irregularly sold pieces of sacred art".
From Barron's
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