{"id":10021,"date":"2023-12-26T19:51:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T19:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/uncategorized\/hip-glossary-sacred\/"},"modified":"2023-12-26T19:51:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T19:51:03","slug":"hip-glossary-sacred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/hip-glossary\/hip-glossary-sacred\/","title":{"rendered":"Hip Glossary: Sacred"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sacred:<\/p>\n<div><strong>Sa&quot;cred<\/strong> (?), a. [Originally p.p. of OE. sacren to consecrate, F. sacrer, fr. L. sacrare, fr. sacer sacred, holy, cursed. Cf. <a href=\"WEBSTER.sh?word=Consecrate\">Consecrate<\/a>, <a href=\"WEBSTER.sh?word=Execrate\">Execrate<\/a>, <a href=\"WEBSTER.sh?word=Saint\">Saint<\/a>, <a href=\"WEBSTER.sh?word=Sextion\">Sextion<\/a>.] <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><strong>1.<\/strong> Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service. <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><strong>2.<\/strong> Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred history. <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Smit with the love of <strong>sacred<\/strong> song. <em>Milton.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><strong>3.<\/strong> Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable. <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Such neighbor nearness to our <strong>sacred<\/strong> [royal] blood Should nothing privilege him. <em>Shak.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Poet and saint to thee alone were given, The two most <strong>sacred<\/strong> names of earth and heaven. <em>Cowley.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><strong>4.<\/strong> Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable. <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Secrets of marriage still are <strong>sacred<\/strong> held. <em>Dryden.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><strong>5.<\/strong> Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; &#8212; with <em>to<\/em>. <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A temple, <strong>sacred<\/strong> to the queen of love. <em>Dryden.<\/p>\n<p>Source:websters1913dictionary<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacred: Sa&quot;cred (?), a. [Originally p.p. of OE. sacren to consecrate, F. sacrer, fr. L. sacrare, fr. sacer sacred, holy, cursed. Cf. Consecrate, Execrate, Saint, Sextion.] 1. Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred place; a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hip-glossary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}