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I'm dubious about having Social Security put into the stock market. I think that we have gotten very far away from the idea that there's something sacrosanct about retirement investments.
Ron Chernow

Meaning of "sacrosanct" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SACROSANCT

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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PRONUNCIATION OF SACROSANCT

sacrosanct  [ˈsækrəʊˌsæŋkt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SACROSANCT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sacrosanct is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SACROSANCT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sacrosanct

Sacrosanctity was a right of tribunes in Ancient Rome not to be harmed physically. Plebeians took an oath to regard anyone who laid hands on a tribune as an outlaw liable to be killed without penalty. The term comes from the phrase sacer esto and reflects that violation of a tribune's sacrosanctity was not only a secular offense, but a religious offense as well.

Definition of sacrosanct in the English dictionary

The definition of sacrosanct in the dictionary is very sacred or holy; inviolable.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SACROSANCT


adjunct
ˈædʒʌŋkt
banked
bæŋkt
cinct
sɪŋkt
conjunct
kənˈdʒʌŋkt
defunct
dɪˈfʌŋkt
disjunct
dɪsˈdʒʌŋkt
distinct
dɪˈstɪŋkt
extinct
ɪkˈstɪŋkt
indistinct
ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋkt
instinct
ˈɪnstɪŋkt
precinct
ˈpriːsɪŋkt
succinct
səkˈsɪŋkt
tinct
tɪŋkt
top-ranked
ˌtɒpˈræŋkt
unbanked
ʌnˈbæŋkt
unfranked
ʌnˈfræŋkt
unplanked
ʌnˈplæŋkt
unranked
ʌnˈræŋkt
unthanked
ʌnˈθæŋkt
zonked
zɒŋkt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SACROSANCT

sacrificially
sacrify
sacrilege
sacrilegious
sacrilegiously
sacrilegiousness
sacrilegist
sacring
sacring bell
sacrist
sacristan
sacristies
sacristy
sacrococcygeal
sacrocostal
sacroiliac
sacroiliitis
sacrosanctity
sacrosanctness
sacrum

WORDS THAT END LIKE SACROSANCT

depeinct
discinct
expunct
gut instinct
herd instinct
homing instinct
injunct
killer instinct
life instinct
maternal instinct
pedestrian precinct
shopping precinct
survival instinct
unextinct
voting precinct

Synonyms and antonyms of sacrosanct in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SACROSANCT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sacrosanct» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sacrosanct

Translation of «sacrosanct» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SACROSANCT

Find out the translation of sacrosanct to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sacrosanct from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sacrosanct» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

神圣不可侵犯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sacrosanto
570 millions of speakers

English

sacrosanct
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुण्यमय
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مقدسة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неприкосновенным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sacrossanto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অলঙ্ঘনীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sacro-saint
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sacrosanct
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sakrosankt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

極めて神聖な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신성 불가침
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sacrosanct
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

bất khả xâm phạm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புனிதத்தன்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पवित्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kutsal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sacrosanto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

święte
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

недоторканним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sacrosanct
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απαραβίαστο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heilig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

okränkbar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ukrenkelige
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sacrosanct

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SACROSANCT»

The term «sacrosanct» is regularly used and occupies the 102.854 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SACROSANCT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sacrosanct» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sacrosanct» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sacrosanct

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3 QUOTES WITH «SACROSANCT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sacrosanct.
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Ron Chernow
I'm dubious about having Social Security put into the stock market. I think that we have gotten very far away from the idea that there's something sacrosanct about retirement investments.
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Dorothy Stang
I don't want to flee, nor do I want to abandon the battle of these farmers who live without any protection in the forest. They have the sacrosanct right to aspire to a better life on land where they can live and work with dignity while respecting the environment.
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Shashi Tharoor
The U.N. guards the vital principles entrenched in its charter, notably the sovereign equality of states and the inadmissibility of interference in their internal affairs. It is precisely because the U.N. is the chief guardian of both these sacrosanct principles that it alone is allowed to approve derogations from them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SACROSANCT»

Discover the use of sacrosanct in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sacrosanct and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sacrosanct
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sacrosanctity was a right of tribunes in Ancient Rome not to be harmed physically.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Directorium Annuale Ad Diuinum Officium Persoluendum, Et ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Raimundo María Bello, 2011
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Bature
Nothing Sacrosanct About Biamfrah Nothing Sacrosanct About Forced Unity There should be no paranoia about that forbidden letter B. There is nothing sacrosanct in that name to warrant a reenactment. The boundaries were neither mapped ...
Oliver Akamnonu, 2009
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An Outline of a Theory of Civilization
The Chinese people were ruled by a combination in one person of the most sacrosanct and the most powerful, and, since the teachings of Confucius and Mencius were most convenient for the maintenance of this system, only they were  ...
Yukichi Fukuzawa, 2013
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Mishnah Berurah, Vol. 13 (4B) (Large):
(50) (If one said, "Benefiting from this /food/ or eating it should be sacrosanct to me", all /authorities/ are agreed that he may not /participate in/ a shituf that is made with it.) (...) 9. If one said of a loaf of bread, (51) "Today /it should be/ ordinary ...
Yisraʼel Meʼir ha-Kohen, 2002
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The Sterling Book Of Word Perfect
Sacred/Sacrosanct. Sacred : holy. The sacred relices of the saint are preserved in this shrine Sacrosanct : inviolable, secure from infringement or abuse. This article of the constitution is sacrosanct, do not utter a word against it.
Gratian Vas, 1999
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Rhetoric in Cicero's Pro Balbo
Lentulus, in which anything sacrosanct [in a treaty] would seem exempt [from the bill]? For first, nothing can be sacrosanct except for what the people or the plebs have enacted. Second, penal clauses must be placed under divinesanction ...
Kimberly A. Barber, 2004
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Essential English for Competitions: IAS, PCS, HCS, HAS, RAS ...
1M reverent, respectful, pious Sacrosanct very sacred or holy The tribe's burial ground is sacrosanct. too important to be changed or discussed, often used ironically You can't cut the salaries of politicians-that's sacrosanct. Sacrosanct- synm ...
A P Bhardwaj, 2010
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Christianity Without Religion
Webster's dictionary defines sacrosanct: “having an imputed rather than a genuine sacred character.” One of the pitfalls of religion or religiosity is that it causes certain words to become sacrosanct. People hollow these words and these words ...
Joshua Powers, 2007
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Death of Augustus his Conversion to Christ
Moreover, the life of Pontifex Maximus was sacrosanct. In spite of all the rumours of plots to assassinate him, which were common knowledge amongst Rome's chattering classes months before the event, Caesar relied on the protection of his  ...
Colin Kirk, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SACROSANCT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sacrosanct is used in the context of the following news items.
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Is the monarchy no longer sacrosanct? EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE …
The Prime Minister's vow that police can now go 'as high as they like' investigating paedophile crime – hinting that sexual misbehaviour by eminent figures was ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Treading on Israel's sacrosanct principles
Sometimes your blood boils when you see someone trampling on a sacrosanct principle. This occurred last week when Yaron Mazuz called out to Arab ... «Haaretz, Jun 15»
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Once politically sacrosanct, Confederate flag moves toward an end
The banner was long considered politically sacrosanct in the South, at least among conservative whites. It now appears that a rush is on to banish it, along with ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
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Growth is sacrosanct – when it benefits the rich
The accidental timing of events can offer remarkable insights into underlying reality. Last week saw the Federal Reserve meeting to debate interest rate hikes at ... «Al Jazeera America, Jun 15»
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The June 30 Iran Nuclear Negotiations Date Isn't Sacrosanct
As both a practitioner and also a student of high stakes negotiations, I am well-acquainted with the use of deadlines to push to agreements in difficult talks. «U.S. News & World Report, Jun 15»
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Language of Constitution is not sacrosanct
The language of the Constitution is not sacrosanct. It has been amended 27 times as a result. And when amendments outlive their usefulness they are repealed. «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jun 15»
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Why marriage of man and woman is sacrosanct
It is universally accepted that "best practice" for the well-being of a child, its parents and society is for that child to be raised in a family with its biological parents. «Belfast Telegraph, May 15»
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Tony Clement says $900M sick leave savings in budget are …
"That 900 million is sacrosanct, but it gives me room to manoeuvre and negotiate with the unions in good faith," said Clement. "There are lots of details, important ... «CBC.ca, May 15»
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Iran FM says nuke deadline not 'sacrosanct'
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is interviewed by David Ignatius of the Washington Post, during his appearance, hosted by the Center on ... «The Times of Israel, Apr 15»
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Ensure May 29 handover date remains sacrosanct - Methodist …
Geidam Voting in Yobe LG Election The Diocese of Egba-Yewa, Ogun State, of the the Methodist Church Nigeria, has called on the Federal Government, ... «DailyPost Nigeria, Mar 15»

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