sacred : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sacred	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for sacred
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sacred adj concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music" Antonym(s): profane, secular worthy of respect or dedication; "saw motherhood as woman's sacred calling" made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use; "a consecrated church"; "the sacred mosque"; "sacred elephants"; "sacred bread and wine"; "sanctified wine" Synonym(s): consecrated, sacred, sanctified worthy of religious veneration; "the sacred name of Jesus"; "Jerusalem's hallowed soil" Synonym(s): hallowed, sacred (often followed by `to') devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person; "a fund sacred to charity"; "a morning hour sacred to study"; "a private office sacred to the President"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred history. Smit with the love of sacred song. --Milton. 3. Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable. Such neighbor nearness to our sacred [royal] blood Should nothing privilege him. --Shak. Poet and saint to thee alone were given, The two most sacred names of earth and heaven. --Cowley. 4. Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable. Secrets of marriage still are sacred held. --Dryden. 5. Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; -- with to. A temple, sacred to the queen of love. --Dryden. 6. Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful. [Archaic] But, to destruction sacred and devote. --Milton.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
sacred adj. Reserved for the exclusive use of something (an extension of the standard meaning). Often means that anyone may look at the sacred object, but clobbering it will screw whatever it is sacred to. The comment "Register 7 is sacred to the interrupt handler" appearing in a program would be interpreted by a hacker to mean that if any _other_ part of the program changes the contents of register 7, dire consequences are likely to ensue.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
sacred Reserved for exclusive use by something. The term might mean only writable by whatever it is sacred to. For example, "Register 7 is sacred to the interrupt handler" would mean that if any other code changed the contents of register 7, dire consequences would ensue. [{Jargon File}] (2002-12-30)