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sacred

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English sacred, isacred, past participle of sacren, sakeren (to make holy, hallow), from Old French sacrer (to consecrate, anoint, dedicate), from Latin sacr?re, present active infinitive of sacr?, from sacer (sacred, holy), from Proto-Indo-European *sh?krós (sacred), from *seh?k- (to sanctify, to make a treaty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?se?k??d/

Adjective

sacred (comparative more sacred or sacreder, superlative most sacred or sacredest)

  1. Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy.
    • 1882, Edward Shortland, Maori Religion and Mythology
      In doing this I particularly instructed my informant to tell his tale as if he were relating it to his own people, and to use the same words that he would use if he were recounting similar tales to them when assembled in a sacred house.
    • 1955, anonymous, The Urantia Book : The Time of the Tomb:
      The cross is that high symbol of sacred service, the devotion of one's life to the welfare and salvation of one's fellows. The cross is not the symbol of the sacrifice of the innocent Son of God in the place of guilty sinners and in order to appease the wrath of an offended God, but it does stand forever, on earth and throughout a vast universe, as a sacred symbol of the good bestowing themselves upon the evil and thereby saving them by this very devotion of love.
    • November 30 2016, Joe Whittle writing in The Guardian, 'We opened eyes': at Standing Rock, my fellow Native Americans make history
      Their intent was to march peacefully down a county road to DAPL headquarters, where tribal elders would pray and hold ceremony to bless the sacred sites being disturbed by pipeline construction.
    Synonyms: consecrated, hallowed
  2. Religious; relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular
  3. Spiritual; concerned with metaphysics.
  4. Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
  5. Not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
    Synonyms: inviolable, sacrosanct
  6. (followed by the preposition "to") Consecrated; dedicated; devoted
    Synonym: consecrated
  7. (archaic) Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful.
Synonyms
  • divine
  • godly
  • holy
Antonyms
  • cursed
  • damned
  • profane
  • unholy
  • ungodly
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?se?k?d/

Verb

sacred

  1. simple past tense and past participle of sacre

Anagrams

  • Cerdas, Dacres, Des Arc, caders, cadres, cedars, crased, decars, e-cards, ecards, scared

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noa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori.

Adjective

noa (not comparable)

  1. (New Zealand, among the Maori) Non-sacred; such that it must be kept separate from what is taboo.
    The power of the spoken word has meant that some dangerous things are not mentioned by their "real" names, but by noa terms, like gullfot (literally "golden foot") for "wolf", or tallbjörn (literally "pine bear"), granoxe (literally: "fir ox"), trädräv (literally: "tree fox") or granälg (literally: "fir elk") for "squirrel".

References

Anagrams

  • AON, NAO, Nao, ONA, Ona, ano-, nao

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /no.a/

Verb

noa

  1. First-person singular (ni) present indicative form of joan.

Belizean Creole

Verb

noa

  1. know

References

  • Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 244.

Ese

Noun

noa

  1. (anatomy) cheek

Estonian

Noun

noa

  1. genitive singular of nuga

Hawaiian

Noun

noa

  1. release from taboo restrictions
  2. a commoner

Verb

noa

  1. (stative) free of taboo, profane

Derived terms

  • ho?onoa
  • l? noa

Italian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?.a/
  • Rhymes: -?a
  • Hyphenation: nòa

Noun

noa m (uncountable)

  1. That which is noa.
    Antonym: tabù

References

  • noa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish núa, from Old Irish nuae, Proto-Celtic *nouyos (compare Welsh newydd, Breton nevez), from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos.

Pronunciation

  • (Southern Manx) IPA(key): /no?/

Adjective

noa

  1. new, fresh, novel, recent

References

  • Linguistic Atlas and Survey of Irish Dialects Volume I, Heinrich Wagner, page 78

Mpotovoro

Etymology

Compare Big Nambas nauei.

Noun

noa

  1. water

Further reading

  • ABVD, citing D. T. Tryon, New Hebrides Languages: An internal classification (1976, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics); also listed under the place-name Alavas 1 / 2, citing Aviva Shimelman

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronoun

noa

  1. (non-standard since 1959)feminine singular of noen

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian n? (eastern dialect) and n? (western dialect). Compare English no.

Adverb

noa

  1. no

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-noa (infinitive kunoa)

  1. to sharpen something
  2. to not understand something

Conjugation


Tokelauan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?no.a/
  • Hyphenation: no?a

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *noqa. Cognates include Tuvaluan noa and Samoan noa.

Verb

noa

  1. (transitive) to bind, tie

Etymology 2

Particle

noa

  1. Expresses the unimportance of the preceding word; just, mere, only

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary?[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 252

Tongan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /no.a/

Numeral

noa

  1. zero

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