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Meaning of "sacrosanctity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SACROSANCTITY

sacrosanctity  [ˌsækrəʊˈsæŋktɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SACROSANCTITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sacrosanctity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SACROSANCTITY 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 sacrosanctity in the English dictionary

The definition of sacrosanctity in the dictionary is the quality or state of being very sacred or holy or inviolable.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SACROSANCTITY


chastity
ˈtʃæstɪtɪ
disquantity
dɪsˈkwɒntɪtɪ
entity
ˈɛntɪtɪ
identity
aɪˈdɛntɪtɪ
nonentity
ˌnɒnˈɛntɪtɪ
nonidentity
ˌnɒnaɪˈdɛntɪtɪ
ouistiti
ˈwɪstɪtɪ
oustiti
ˈuːstɪtɪ
quantity
ˈkwɒntɪtɪ
sanctity
ˈsæŋktɪtɪ
scantity
ˈskæntɪtɪ
tittie
ˈtɪtɪ
titty
ˈtɪtɪ
unchastity
ʌnˈtʃæstɪtɪ
vastity
ˈvɑːstɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SACROSANCTITY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE SACROSANCTITY

corporate identity
legal entity
minus quantity
mistaken identity
numerical identity
odour of sanctity
old identity
proof of identity
qualitative identity
self-identity
unknown quantity

Synonyms and antonyms of sacrosanctity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sacrosanctity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SACROSANCTITY

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

Translator English - Chinese

神圣不可侵犯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sacrosanctity
570 millions of speakers

English

sacrosanctity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sacrosanctity
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حرمتها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

sacrosanctity
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sacrosanctity
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sacrosanctity
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sacro-saint
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sacrosanctity
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unantastbarkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sacrosanctity
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sacrosanctity
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sacrosanctity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sacrosanctity
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sacrosanctity
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पवित्रता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sacrosanctity
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sacrosanctity
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sacrosanctity
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

sacrosanctity
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sacrosanctity
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sacrosanctity
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sacrosanctity
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sacrosanctity
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sacrosanctity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sacrosanctity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SACROSANCTITY»

The term «sacrosanctity» is used very little and occupies the 185.872 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SACROSANCTITY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SACROSANCTITY»

Discover the use of sacrosanctity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sacrosanctity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus
His wife and sister were granted sacrosanctity, emancipation from tutela (legal guardianship), and statues (a privilege no living women had previously enjoyed; cf. Treggiari and Kleiner, this volume). The grant of sacrosanctity can be ...
Karl Galinsky, 2005
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Form and Function in Roman Oratory
Tribunician. sacrosanctity. and. oratorical. performance. in. the. late. republic. Catherine Steel Roman oratory sets up a fundamental interpretative problem. What survives of oratory is written texts; but a written text is only a part of the original ...
D. H. Berry, Andrew Erskine, 2010
3
Constitution of the Roman Republic
magisterial powers (”major powers” or maior potestas), and thus could not rely on such powers to veto. Instead, they relied on the sacrosanctity of their person to obstruct. If a magistrate, an assembly or the senate did not comply with the orders  ...
By Wikipedians
4
Women and Politics in Ancient Rome
Plutarch does not link those events with the grant of sacrosanctity, but it was, I suggest, precisely when Octavia asked to be allowed to go to Antony that Octavian, well aware of how Antony had already treated her, saw the advantages to be ...
Richard A. Bauman, 2002
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A Critical History of Early Rome: From Prehistory to the ...
The Mons Sacer seems to have been included in the story in order to explain the origin of the lex sacrata that defined tribunician sacrosanctity, but since other leges sacratae existed in early times, no such simple etymological explanation is  ...
Gary Forsythe, 2006
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Cleopatra and Rome
Upon hearing of her husband's intention to make Octavia sacred, she apparently cajoled Augustus into granting her sacrosanctity as well. Augustus had no choice but to accede to her wishes. The legal edict was enacted in 35 b.c. Livia's ...
Diana E. E. Kleiner, 2009
7
Negotiating the Sacred 2: Blasphemy and Sacrilege in the Arts
This collection evolved out a two-day conference called 'Negotiating the Sacred: Blasphemy and Sacrilege in the Arts' held at the Centre for Cross Cultural Research at The Australian National University in November 2005.
Elizabeth Burns Coleman, Maria Suzette Fernandes-Dias, 2008
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Webster's New World Essential Vocabulary
sacrosanctity (SAK ri SANKTt i tee) n. something very sacred; holiness; inviolability 0 The Catholic Church insists on the sacrosanctity of the marriage vows. 0 To Muslims, the sacrosanctity of the Dome of the Rock must not be violated by ...
David A Herzog, 2004
9
Sourcebook on English Legal System
The sacrosanctity of the verdict One more undesirable aspect of the sacrosanctity of the jury is the sheer impenetrability of its verdict. The consequences of this have been discussed by Williams; Baldwin and McConville; Duff and Findlay; ...
David Kelly, Gary Slapper, 2012
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Lawyers in Roman Republican Politics: A Study of the Roman ...
... delivered in 199 during his aedileship.133 Aedilician sacrosanctity was a highly contentious issue, for if aediles were not sacrosanct they were exposed to the coercitio of imperium-holders.134 The intemperate L. Flamininus, brother of Titus, ...
Richard A. Bauman, 1983

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SACROSANCTITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sacrosanctity is used in the context of the following news items.
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What We Mean When We Talk About "Empowerment"
At the same time, the ubiquity and near sacrosanctity of empowerment as a goal means that it deserves a higher level of scrutiny than many of us have given it ... «Co.Exist, Apr 15»
2
You Don't Have to Drink the Clinton Kool-Aid to See That Hillary Is …
... whose party believes in nothing if not the wisdom of the market, and the related sacrosanctity of earning and keeping as much wealth as one legally can. «The New Republic, Apr 15»
3
Contractually or not, senior is bail-inable
This is not the first time senior unsecured investors' sense of sacrosanctity has been violated by authorities. Senior investors have taken haircuts in the past. «GlobalCapital, Mar 15»
4
A Taste of the Bayou on the North Shore
Its importance to the meal has gone from a place of sacrosanctity to a secondary actor. Orange-and-red flames, controlled, imprisoned behind the bars of a grill: ... «DailyNorthShore.com, Mar 15»
5
Singapore Sling
Passionate and despairing, a flickering flame exposing the darkness of lust. Sonically, given its sacrosanctity, this could be a track from Spacemen 3's 'Playing ... «Reykjavík Grapevine, Feb 15»
6
Signal jamming was wrong and should never happen again - Jacob …
Both President Zuma and SANEF agreed on the sacrosanctity of Parliament as an apex institution of democracy. The leadership of SANEF further appraised the ... «Politicsweb, Feb 15»
7
Ironwood: Economic driver for Grand Cayman's 'other half'
... the new highway appear to outweigh individuals' losses of their real estate, we remain firm believers in the sacrosanctity of private property rights; accordingly, ... «Cayman Compass, Feb 15»
8
The Northern Ireland tax problem
... failed to square the circle between genuine harmonisation of international tax systems on the one hand and the sacrosanctity of fiscal sovereignty on the other. «economia, Feb 15»
9
Afghan Taliban Condemn The Act Of Charlie Hebdo
Taliban demanded for stoppage of these publications and said that it is a threat to world peace and further declared this act as“the beliefs and sacrosanctity of ... «Pakistan Tribe, Jan 15»
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The image shows Afghan Taliban fighters. — AFP/file
They said publication must be stopped to prevent “further harming world peace”, adding that to do otherwise would mean “the beliefs and sacrosanctity of over a ... «DAWN.com, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Sacrosanctity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sacrosanctity>. Apr 2024 ».
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