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# sacred

«sacred» in Mova's school dictionary: **Holy; connected with God, a god or a religion and treated…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (sacred, more sacred, most sacred)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Holy; connected with God, a god or a religion and treated with deep respect: "a sacred building". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacred/#m1)

2) Very important to someone, so it must not be harmed: "Saturday morning is sacred to my dad." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacred/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In religious education lessons, pupils learn about sacred places (churches, mosques, temples, synagogues), sacred books (the Bible, the Qur'an, the Torah) and sacred animals, such as cows in Hinduism. In geography, Uluru is a sacred site for Aboriginal Australians. Phrases: sacred place, sacred text, sacred site, nothing is sacred.

### examples

- The Qur'an is a sacred book for Muslims. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacred/#x1)
- Uluru is a sacred site for its traditional owners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacred/#x2)
- Cows are sacred to many Hindus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacred/#x3)
- Please be quiet in the sacred building. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacred/#x4)
- The river Ganges is sacred in India. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacred/#x5)
- Family dinner is sacred in our house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacred/#x6)
- They sang sacred songs in the church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacred/#x7)
- A sacred Image was being carried to the temple. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacred/#x8)

### note

Said "SAY-krid". Do not confuse with "scared" (afraid): the letters are almost the same. Respect other people's sacred places and objects even if they are not sacred to you; follow the rules there, like taking off shoes or covering your head.

### In the corpora

- [The Vedas are very old sacred hymns, learned by heart and passed on by speaking for many centuries before being written down.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/7-ancient-india-the-indus-cities-and-the-first-kingdoms/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sacred» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacred/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.