sacrosanct

[ sak-roh-sangkt ]

/ ˈsæk roʊˌsæŋkt /

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adjective

extremely sacred or inviolable: a sacrosanct chamber in the temple.

not to be entered or trespassed upon: She considered her home office sacrosanct.

above or beyond criticism, change, or interference: a manuscript deemed sacrosanct.

Origin of sacrosanct

First recorded in 1595–1605, sacrosanct is from the Latin word sacrō sānctus made holy by sacred rite. See sacred, saint

OTHER WORDS FROM sacrosanct

sac·ro·sanc·ti·ty, sac·ro·sanct·ness, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH sacrosanct

religious sacrilegious sacrosanct sacred sacrosanct

Words nearby sacrosanct

sacrococcygeal muscle, sacrodynia, sacroiliac, sacrolumbar, sacroposterior position, sacrosanct, sacrosciatic, sacrospinal, sacrotransverse position, sacrovertebral, sacrum

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Israeli and Palestinians both view their national identities as sacrosanct and more important than anything else.

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But on the right, the conviction that Thomas was a victim is close to sacrosanct.

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Yet until he was pressured into investigating organized crime, those two targets were sacrosanct.

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As with recruitment, I have no knowledge of any challenge to this sacrosanct law.

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Neither, for that matter, do unthinking appeals to sacrosanct moral imperatives like the Ten Commandments.

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These lawns, it may be noted, are sacrosanct, not to be profaned by the foot of anyone but a Fellow of the College itself.

Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely |Rev. Edward Conybeare.
At the same time, while assigning the physician his post, Hippocrates would not let him regard that post as sacrosanct.

On the Natural Faculties |Galen
The person of the Pontifex of Vesta is not sacrosanct and a blow inflicted on him is not to be rated as impious.

The Unwilling Vestal |Edward Lucas White
He hated two things intensely, a sacrosanct priesthood and an enforced uniformity.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 7 |Various
As diplomatic envoys are sacrosanct, the principle of their inviolability is generally recognised.

International Law. A Treatise. Volume I (of 2) |Lassa Francis Oppenheim

British Dictionary definitions for sacrosanct

sacrosanct

/ (ˈsækrəʊˌsæŋkt) /

adjective

very sacred or holy; inviolable

Derived forms of sacrosanct

sacrosanctity or sacrosanctness, noun

Word Origin for sacrosanct

C17: from Latin sacrōsanctus made holy by sacred rite, from sacrō by sacred rite, from sacer holy + sanctus, from sancīre to hallow

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