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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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peculiar

English

Etymology

From Latin pec?li?ris (one's own), from pec?lium (private property), from pecus (cattle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p??kju?l.j???/
    • (UK) IPA(key): [p???k?ju?l.j??]
    • (US) IPA(key): [p???k?jul.j???], [p???k?jul.j?]

Adjective

peculiar (comparative more peculiar, superlative most peculiar)

  1. Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.
    Synonyms: odd, strange, uncommon, unusual
    Antonyms: common, mediocre, ordinary, usual
  2. Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular.
    Synonym: specific
    Antonyms: common, general, universal
  3. (dated) One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not shared or possessed by others.
  4. (dated) Particular; individual; special; appropriate.

Synonyms

  • (out of the ordinary): see also Thesaurus:strange
  • (common or usual in a particular place or circumstance): see also Thesaurus:specific

Antonyms

  • (out of the ordinary): see also Thesaurus:normal
  • (common or usual in a particular place or circumstance): see also Thesaurus:generic

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

peculiar (plural peculiars)

  1. That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.
    • before 1716, Robert South, Twelve Sermons
      If anything can legalize revenge, it should be injury from an extremely obliged person; but revenge is so absolutely the peculiar of heaven.
  2. (Britain, canon law) an ecclesiastical district, parish, chapel or church outside the jurisdiction of the bishop of the diocese in which it is situated.

See also

  • peculiar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Peculiar in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

References

Anagrams

  • pericula

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pec?li?ris.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /p?.ku.li?a/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /pe.ku.li?a?/

Adjective

peculiar (masculine and feminine plural peculiars)

  1. peculiar

Derived terms

  • peculiarment

Related terms

  • peculiaritat

Further reading

  • “peculiar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “peculiar” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  • “peculiar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “peculiar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pec?li?ris.

Adjective

peculiar m or f (plural peculiares, comparable)

  1. peculiar; unusual; strange
    Synonyms: esquisito, estranho
  2. peculiar (common or usual for a particular place or circumstance)
    Synonym: particular

Related terms

  • peculiaridade

Further reading

  • “peculiar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pec?li?ris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peku?lja?/, [pe.ku?lja?]

Adjective

peculiar (plural peculiares)

  1. peculiar

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