sacred
Example Sentences
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These days, no holiday is considered sacred by the National Football League.
Takaichi grew up in the Japanese prefecture of Nara, a mountainous region and home to an ancient capital where sacred deer roam parks and temples.
Expressing his "disappointment over what happened", Reina said "images of sacred art and Christian tradition cannot be misused or exploited".
From BBC
“If our sites of worship, sacred groves, and ancestors’ graves are to be abandoned to the fishes, then I shall stay with them!”
From Literature
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The city’s sacred civic tradition is simple: If you shovel out a spot, you can save it with a chair.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.