"sacred" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈseɪkɹɪd/ Audio: En-uk-sacred.ogg [UK], en-us-sacred.ogg [US] Forms: more sacred [comparative], most sacred [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English sacred, isacred, past participle of sacren, sakeren (“to make holy, hallow”), equivalent to sacre + -ed. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sacred}} Middle English sacred, {{m|enm|isacred}} isacred, {{m|enm|sacren}} sacren, {{m|enm|sakeren|t=to make holy, hallow}} sakeren (“to make holy, hallow”), {{suf|en|sacre|-ed}} sacre + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj|more}} sacred (comparative more sacred, superlative most sacred)
  1. Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy. Synonyms: consecrated, hallowed Translations (made holy): shenjtë (Albanian), shejtnueshëm (Albanian), ἱερός (hierós) (Ancient Greek), ἅγιος (hágios) (Ancient Greek), مُقَدَّس (muqaddas) (Arabic), مقدس (muʔaddas) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), սուրբ (surb) (Armenian), müqəddəs (Azerbaijani), святы́ (svjatý) (Belarusian), свяшчэ́нны (svjaščénny) (Belarusian), свят (svjat) (Bulgarian), свеще́н (sveštén) (Bulgarian), sagrat (Catalan), ᎦᎸᏉᏗ (galvquodi) (Cherokee), 神聖 (Chinese Mandarin), 神圣 (shénshèng) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (shèng) (Chinese Mandarin), svatý (Czech), posvátný (Czech), heilig (Dutch), zalig (Dutch), gezegend (Dutch), Dsr:r (ḏsr) (Egyptian), püha (Estonian), pyhä (Finnish), siunattu (Finnish), sacré (French), saint (French), sagrado (Galician), საღმრთო (saɣmrto) (Georgian), წმინდა (c̣minda) (Georgian), heilig (German), 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs) (Gothic), ιερός (ierós) (Greek), קדוש (kadósh) [masculine] (Hebrew), קדושה (kdoshá) [feminine] (Hebrew), קדושים (kdoshím) [masculine, plural] (Hebrew), קדושות (kdoshót) [feminine, plural] (Hebrew), xubáa (Hidatsa), balaan (Higaonon), szent (Hungarian), heilich (Hunsrik), sakral (Indonesian), suci (Indonesian), keramat (Indonesian), sacrate (Interlingua), beannaithe (Irish), coisricthe (Irish), naofa (Irish), sacro (Italian), 神聖 (shinsei) (alt: しんせい) (Japanese), 聖なる (sei naru) (alt: せいなる) (Japanese), sant (Ladin), sent (Ladin), sacer (Latin), svēts (Latvian), šventas (Lithuanian), свет (svet) (Macedonian), suci (Malay), tapu (Maori), hellig (Norwegian), sacrat (Occitan), hāliġ (Old English), مقدس (moqaddas) (Persian), heilich (Plautdietsch), święty (Polish), sagrado (Portuguese), sacro (Portuguese), willka (Quechua), tapu (Rapa Nui), sacru (Romanian), свято́й (svjatój) (Russian), свяще́нный (svjaščénnyj) (Russian), naomh (Scottish Gaelic), coisrigte (Scottish Gaelic), све̑т [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), svȇt [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), svätý (Slovak), svet (Slovene), sagrado (Spanish), sacro (Spanish), helig (Swedish), pamathala (Tagalog), pandiyos (Tagalog), புனிதமான (puṉitamāṉa) (Tamil), kutsal (Turkish), 𐎖𐎄𐎌 (qdš) (Ugaritic), святи́й (svjatýj) (Ukrainian), свяще́нний (svjaščénnyj) (Ukrainian), thánh (alt: ) (Vietnamese), thần thánh (Vietnamese), cysegredig (Welsh), sanctaidd (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sacred-en-adj-XzZb3ogZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 1 12 6 8 18 14 22 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 15 1 18 5 6 21 16 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 17 3 20 7 8 24 22 Disambiguation of 'made holy': 65 5 4 3 11 8 4
  2. Religious; relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular Categories (topical): Religion Translations (relating to religion): uskonnollinen (Finnish), სასულიერო (sasuliero) (Georgian), ιερός (ierós) (Greek), naomh (Scottish Gaelic), crefyddol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sacred-en-adj-iPd693Uc Disambiguation of Religion: 14 46 29 6 0 0 5 0 Disambiguation of 'relating to religion': 3 94 0 0 0 0 3
  3. Spiritual; concerned with metaphysics.
    Sense id: en-sacred-en-adj-VcuWD3vx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 1 12 6 8 18 14 22 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 15 1 18 5 6 21 16 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 17 3 20 7 8 24 22
  4. Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable. Translations (designated by a divine sanction): посветен (posveten) (Bulgarian), pyhä (Finnish), tapu (Maori), tapu (Rapa Nui), naomh (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-sacred-en-adj-eKfksQ4c Disambiguation of 'designated by a divine sanction': 6 1 3 81 2 4 2
  5. Not to be profaned or violated; inviolable. Synonyms: inviolable, sacrosanct Translations (not to be profaned or violated): свещен (svešten) (Bulgarian), pyhä (Finnish), წმინდათა წმინდა (c̣mindata c̣minda) (Georgian), ιερός (ierós) (Greek), sakral (Indonesian), dílis (Irish), dobhriste (Irish), dosháraithe (Irish), tapu (Maori), tapu (Rapa Nui)
    Sense id: en-sacred-en-adj-IHEL~oDQ Disambiguation of 'not to be profaned or violated': 2 8 2 1 83 2 2
  6. (followed by the preposition "to") Consecrated; dedicated; devoted Synonyms: consecrated Translations (consecrated; dedicated; devoted): pyhitetty (Finnish), αφοσιωμένος (afosioménos) (Greek), αφιερωμένος (afieroménos) (Greek), tapu (Maori), tapu (Rapa Nui), coisrigte (Scottish Gaelic), cysegredig (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sacred-en-adj-dm0QPqtg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 1 12 6 8 18 14 22 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 15 1 18 5 6 21 16 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 17 3 20 7 8 24 22 Disambiguation of 'consecrated; dedicated; devoted': 8 0 3 1 2 76 9
  7. (archaic) Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful. Tags: archaic Translations (archaic: solemnly devoted to evil, or the like): vihkiytynyt (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-sacred-en-adj-Qospz7a5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 1 12 6 8 18 14 22 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 15 1 18 5 6 21 16 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 17 3 20 7 8 24 22 Disambiguation of 'archaic: solemnly devoted to evil, or the like': 11 2 7 4 5 21 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: divine, godly, holy Related terms: sacralize

Verb

IPA: /ˈseɪkəd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sacred.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -eɪkəd Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} sacred
  1. simple past and past participle of sacre Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: sacre
    Sense id: en-sacred-en-verb-HRR6reZy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms with unexpected syllabic -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 1 12 6 8 18 14 22 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 15 1 14 4 6 16 13 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 2 15 4 5 16 13 30 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 15 1 18 5 6 21 16 18 Disambiguation of English terms with unexpected syllabic -ed: 12 5 13 7 10 13 12 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The cross is that high symbol of sacred service, the devotion of one's life to the welfare and salvation of one's fellows. The cross is not the symbol of the sacrifice of the innocent Son of God in the place of guilty sinners and in order to appease the wrath of an offended God, but it does stand forever, on earth and throughout a vast universe, as a sacred symbol of the good bestowing themselves upon the evil and thereby saving them by this very devotion of love.",
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          "text": "November 30 2016, Joe Whittle writing in The Guardian, We opened eyes': at Standing Rock, my fellow Native Americans make history\nTheir intent was to march peacefully down a county road to DAPL headquarters, where tribal elders would pray and hold ceremony to bless the sacred sites being disturbed by pipeline construction."
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          "word": "свят"
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          "word": "聖"
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          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shèng",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "圣"
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          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "svatý"
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          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "made holy",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "heilig"
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          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "zalig"
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          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "gezegend"
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          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "ḏsr",
          "sense": "made holy",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "püha"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "pyhä"
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          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "siunattu"
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          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "sacré"
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        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "saint"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "sagrado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "saɣmrto",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "საღმრთო"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣minda",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "წმინდა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "heilig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "weihs",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ierós",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "ιερός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "hierós",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "ἱερός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "hágios",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "ἅγιος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kadósh",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "קדוש"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
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          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
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        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
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          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
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          "sense": "made holy",
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          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
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          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "święty"
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          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "word": "sagrado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "word": "sacro"
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          "sense": "made holy",
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        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
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          "lang": "Rapa Nui",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "tapu"
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        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "made holy",
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          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
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          "sense": "made holy",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
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          "sense": "made holy",
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          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
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        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
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          "sense": "made holy",
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        {
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          "sense": "made holy",
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          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "ta",
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          "roman": "puṉitamāṉa",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "புனிதமான"
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        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
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          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
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          "roman": "qdš",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "𐎖𐎄𐎌"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
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          "roman": "svjatýj",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "святи́й"
        },
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          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
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          "sense": "made holy",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
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          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "thánh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "made holy",
          "word": "thần thánh"
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        {
          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
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          "_dis1": "65 5 4 3 11 8 4",
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "made holy",
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          "ref": "1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost",
          "text": "Smit with the love of sacred song.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Douglas J. Davies, Adam J. Powell, Sacred Selves, Sacred Settings: Reflecting Hans Mol, page 87",
          "text": "By way of example, it would be sufficient to refer to Sabino Samele acquaviva (1971), previously known for his theory of the eclipse of the sacred, and to Harvey cox (1968), prophet of the secular city.",
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          "word": "uskonnollinen"
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          "sense": "relating to religion",
          "word": "სასულიერო"
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          "sense": "relating to religion",
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          "ref": "2014, Leon Niemoczynski, Nam T. Nguyen, A Philosophy of Sacred Nature: Prospects for Ecstatic Naturalism",
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          "ref": "1595, William Shakespeare, King Richard II",
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          "ref": "1656, Abraham Cowley, On The Death Of Mr. Crashaw",
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          "_dis1": "6 1 3 81 2 4 2",
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          "roman": "posveten",
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          "sense": "designated by a divine sanction",
          "word": "pyhä"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "designated by a divine sanction",
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          "word": "naomh"
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          "ref": "1701, John Dryden, Aurenge-Zebe: Or, The Great-Mogul",
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        {
          "ref": "2014, Christian Smith, The Sacred Project of American Sociology",
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          "_dis1": "2 8 2 1 83 2 2",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "svešten",
          "sense": "not to be profaned or violated",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣mindata c̣minda",
          "sense": "not to be profaned or violated",
          "word": "წმინდათა წმინდა"
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "ierós",
          "sense": "not to be profaned or violated",
          "word": "ιερός"
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          "_dis1": "2 8 2 1 83 2 2",
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "not to be profaned or violated",
          "word": "dílis"
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          "word": "dobhriste"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 8 2 1 83 2 2",
          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "not to be profaned or violated",
          "word": "dosháraithe"
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          "_dis1": "2 8 2 1 83 2 2",
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          "_dis1": "2 8 2 1 83 2 2",
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          "word": "pyhitetty"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "sacré"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "saint"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "sagrado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "saɣmrto",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "საღმრთო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣minda",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "წმინდა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "heilig"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "weihs",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ierós",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "ιερός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hierós",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "ἱερός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hágios",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "ἅγιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kadósh",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קדוש"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kdoshá",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "קדושה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kdoshím",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "קדושים"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kdoshót",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "קדושות"
    },
    {
      "code": "hid",
      "lang": "Hidatsa",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "xubáa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mba",
      "lang": "Higaonon",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "balaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "szent"
    },
    {
      "code": "hrx",
      "lang": "Hunsrik",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "heilich"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "sakral"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "suci"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "keramat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "sacrate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "beannaithe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "coisricthe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "naofa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "sacro"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinsei",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "神聖"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せいなる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sei naru",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "聖なる"
    },
    {
      "code": "lld",
      "lang": "Ladin",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "sant"
    },
    {
      "code": "lld",
      "lang": "Ladin",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "sent"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "sacer"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "svēts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "šventas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "svet",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "свет"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "suci"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "tapu"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "hellig"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "sacrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "hāliġ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "moqaddas",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "مقدس"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "heilich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "święty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "sagrado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "sacro"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "willka"
    },
    {
      "code": "rap",
      "lang": "Rapa Nui",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "tapu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "sacru"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjatój",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "свято́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjaščénnyj",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "свяще́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "naomh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "coisrigte"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "све̑т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "svȇt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "svätý"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "svet"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "sagrado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "sacro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "helig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "pamathala"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "pandiyos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "puṉitamāṉa",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "புனிதமான"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "kutsal"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "qdš",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "𐎖𐎄𐎌"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svjatýj",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "святи́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svjaščénnyj",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "свяще́нний"
    },
    {
      "alt": "聖",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "thánh"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "thần thánh"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "cysegredig"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "made holy",
      "word": "sanctaidd"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "relating to religion",
      "word": "uskonnollinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sasuliero",
      "sense": "relating to religion",
      "word": "სასულიერო"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ierós",
      "sense": "relating to religion",
      "word": "ιερός"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "relating to religion",
      "word": "naomh"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "relating to religion",
      "word": "crefyddol"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "posveten",
      "sense": "designated by a divine sanction",
      "word": "посветен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "designated by a divine sanction",
      "word": "pyhä"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "designated by a divine sanction",
      "word": "tapu"
    },
    {
      "code": "rap",
      "lang": "Rapa Nui",
      "sense": "designated by a divine sanction",
      "word": "tapu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "designated by a divine sanction",
      "word": "naomh"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svešten",
      "sense": "not to be profaned or violated",
      "word": "свещен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not to be profaned or violated",
      "word": "pyhä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣mindata c̣minda",
      "sense": "not to be profaned or violated",
      "word": "წმინდათა წმინდა"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ierós",
      "sense": "not to be profaned or violated",
      "word": "ιερός"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "not to be profaned or violated",
      "word": "sakral"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "not to be profaned or violated",
      "word": "dílis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "not to be profaned or violated",
      "word": "dobhriste"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "not to be profaned or violated",
      "word": "dosháraithe"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not to be profaned or violated",
      "word": "tapu"
    },
    {
      "code": "rap",
      "lang": "Rapa Nui",
      "sense": "not to be profaned or violated",
      "word": "tapu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "consecrated; dedicated; devoted",
      "word": "pyhitetty"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "afosioménos",
      "sense": "consecrated; dedicated; devoted",
      "word": "αφοσιωμένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "afieroménos",
      "sense": "consecrated; dedicated; devoted",
      "word": "αφιερωμένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "consecrated; dedicated; devoted",
      "word": "tapu"
    },
    {
      "code": "rap",
      "lang": "Rapa Nui",
      "sense": "consecrated; dedicated; devoted",
      "word": "tapu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "consecrated; dedicated; devoted",
      "word": "coisrigte"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "consecrated; dedicated; devoted",
      "word": "cysegredig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "archaic: solemnly devoted to evil, or the like",
      "word": "vihkiytynyt"
    }
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}

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