noun
Meaning 1
The property of being sacred.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sacredness
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: S EY1 K R IH0 D N IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
the quality of being sacred
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: holiness, sanctity, sanctitude
Narrower terms: holy of holies
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English sacred Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English sacredness From sacred + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: святост (svjatost) — property of being sacred
- Finnish: pyhyys — property of being sacred
- French: sacralité — property of being sacred
- Indonesian: kesakralan — property of being sacred
- Irish: beannaitheacht — property of being sacred
- Irish: naofacht — property of being sacred
- Italian: sacralità — property of being sacred
- Māori: rongomaiwhiti — property of being sacred
- Thai: ความศักดิ์สิทธิ์ — property of being sacred