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Sacred \Sa"cred\, a. [Originally p. p. of OE. sacren to
consecrate, F. sacrer, fr. L. sacrare, fr. sacer sacred,
holy, cursed. Cf. {Consecrate}, {Execrate}, {Saint},
{Sexton}.]
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
sacred day; sacred service.
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2. Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not
secular; religious; as, sacred history.
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Smit with the love of sacred song. --Milton.
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3. Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the
highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or
veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
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Such neighbor nearness to our sacred [royal] blood
Should nothing privilege him. --Shak.
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Poet and saint to thee alone were given,
The two most sacred names of earth and heaven.
--Cowley.
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4. Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
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Secrets of marriage still are sacred held. --Dryden.
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5. Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; -- with to.
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A temple, sacred to the queen of love. --Dryden.
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6. Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance,
curse, or the like; accursed; baleful. [Archaic]
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But, to destruction sacred and devote. --Milton.
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{Society of the Sacred Heart} (R.C. Ch.), a religious order
of women, founded in France in 1800, and approved in 1826.
It was introduced into America in 1817. The members of the
order devote themselves to the higher branches of female
education.
{Sacred baboon}. (Zool.) See {Hamadryas}.
{Sacred bean} (Bot.), a seed of the Oriental lotus ({Nelumbo
speciosa} or {Nelumbium speciosum}), a plant resembling a
water lily; also, the plant itself. See {Lotus}.
{Sacred beetle} (Zool.) See {Scarab}.
{Sacred canon}. See {Canon}, n., 3.
{Sacred fish} (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
fresh-water African fishes of the family {Mormyridae}.
Several large species inhabit the Nile and were considered
sacred by the ancient Egyptians; especially {Mormyrus
oxyrhynchus}.
{Sacred ibis}. See {Ibis}.
{Sacred monkey}. (Zool.)
(a) Any Asiatic monkey of the genus {Semnopithecus},
regarded as sacred by the Hindoos; especially, the
entellus. See {Entellus}.
(b) The sacred baboon. See {Hamadryas}.
(c) The bhunder, or rhesus monkey.
{Sacred place} (Civil Law), the place where a deceased person
is buried.
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Syn: Holy; divine; hallowed; consecrated; dedicated; devoted;
religious; venerable; reverend.
[1913 Webster] -- {Sa"cred*ly}, adv. -- {Sa"cred*ness},
n.
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canon \can"on\ (k[a^]n"[u^]n), n. [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon
rule (cf. F. canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine,
LL. canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model,
fr. Gr. kanw`n rule, rod, fr. ka`nh, ka`nnh, reed. See
{Cane}, and cf. {Canonical}.]
1. A law or rule.
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Or that the Everlasting had not fixed
His canon 'gainst self-slaughter. --Shak.
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2. (Eccl.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted
by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a
decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by
ecclesiastical authority.
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Various canons which were made in councils held in
the second centry. --Hook.
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3. The collection of books received as genuine Holy
Scriptures, called the {sacred canon}, or general rule of
moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible;
also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See {Canonical
books}, under {Canonical}, a.
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4. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious
order.
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5. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the
Roman Catholic Church.
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6. A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a
prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
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7. (Mus.) A musical composition in which the voices begin one
after another, at regular intervals, successively taking
up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda
(tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew,
thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the
strictest form of imitation. See {Imitation}.
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8. (Print.) The largest size of type having a specific name;
-- so called from having been used for printing the canons
of the church.
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9. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called
also {ear} and {shank}.
Note: [See Illust. of {Bell}.] --Knight.
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10. (Billiards) See {Carom}.
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{Apostolical canons}. See under {Apostolical}.
{Augustinian canons}, {Black canons}. See under
{Augustinian}.
{Canon capitular}, {Canon residentiary}, a resident member of
a cathedral chapter (during a part or the whole of the
year).
{Canon law}. See under {Law}.
{Canon of the Mass} (R. C. Ch.), that part of the mass,
following the Sanctus, which never changes.
{Honorary canon}, a canon[6] who neither lived in a
monastery, nor kept the canonical hours.
{Minor canon} (Ch. of Eng.), one who has been admitted to a
chapter, but has not yet received a prebend.
{Regular canon} (R. C. Ch.), one who lived in a conventual
community and followed the rule of St. Austin; a Black
canon.
{Secular canon} (R. C. Ch.), one who did not live in a
monastery, but kept the hours.
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