sacrosanctity

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It’s hard not to wonder if the argument is really about the technique or the sacrosanctity of DNA.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2014

But they must demand no sacrosanctity for their position.

From The Book of This and That by Lynd, Robert

It appears to make secular or mechanicalize their profession, to rob preaching of its sacrosanctity, leave it less authority by making it more intelligible, remove it from the realm of the mystical and unique.

From Preaching and Paganism by Fitch, Albert Parker

The suggestion is not on the face of it paradoxical, but it will be rank heresy to those who blame the public for not bowing down before the sacrosanctity of the "serious" author.

From Personality in Literature by Scott-James, Rolfe Arnold

We confess ourselves unable to follow this transfer of the superstition of sacrosanctity from a king to a chamber.

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre by Morley, John