a sacred place or object

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• sacred — sacredly, adv. sacredness, n. /say krid/, adj. 1. devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated. 2. entitled to veneration or religious respect by association with divinity or divine things; holy. 3. pertaining to or… …   Universalium

• Sacred Contagion — is the belief that spiritual properties within an object, place, or person may be passed to another object, place, or person, usually by direct contact or physical proximity. While the concept of sacred contagion has existed in numerous cultures… …   Wikipedia

• Object-oriented ontology — (OOO) is a metaphysical movement that rejects the privileging of human existence over the existence of nonhuman objects.[1] Specifically, object oriented ontology opposes the anthropocentrism of Immanuel Kant s Copernican Revolution, whereby… …   Wikipedia

• Sacred — ground redirects here. For the Star Trek: Voyager episode, see Sacred Ground (Star Trek: Voyager). Sanctity redirects here. For other uses, see Sanctity (disambiguation). Holy redirects here. For other uses, see Holy (disambiguation). For other… …   Wikipedia

• sacred — 1 *holy, divine, blessed, spiritual, religious Analogous words: dedicated, consecrated, hallowed (see DEVOTE): cherished, treasured, valued (see APPRECIATE) Antonyms: profane Contrasted words: secular, lay, temporal (see PROFANE) 2 Sacred,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Sacred Pipe — ▪ American Indian culture also called  Peace Pipe  or  Calumet   one of the central ceremonial (ceremonial object) objects of the Northeast Indians (Northeast Indian) and Plains Indians (Plains Indian) of North America, it was an object of… …   Universalium

• object — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 solid thing ADJECTIVE ▪ inanimate ▪ solid, three dimensional ▪ large, small ▪ heavy, sharp …   Collocations dictionary

• sacred — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ▪ remain ▪ consider sth, deem sth, hold sth, regard sth as …   Collocations dictionary

• SACRED —    that which is set apart; a synonym of HOLY. It refers to that which belongs to GOD, the deity or SUPERNATURAL as opposed to the SECULAR or profane. The sacred person, object or place must always be treated with the great care and respect.… …   Concise dictionary of Religion

• sacred —    This term (from the Latin sacer, meaning dedicated or holy ) refers to a place, object, or person, that is consideredholy because it is dedicated to God or set aside for religious purposes …   Glossary of theological terms

• ceremonial object — ▪ religion Introduction  any object used in a ritual or a religious ceremony.       Throughout the history of religions and cultures, objects used in cults, rituals, and sacred ceremonies have almost always been of both utilitarian and symbolic… …   Universalium