SACREDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sacredness mean? 

• SACREDNESS (noun)
  The noun SACREDNESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being sacred

  Familiarity information: SACREDNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SACREDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being sacred

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sacredness" is a kind of...):

holiness; sanctitude; sanctity (the quality of being holy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sacredness"):

holy of holies ((figurative) something regarded as sacred or inviolable)

Derivation:

sacred ((often followed by 'to') devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person)

sacred (made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use)

sacred (worthy of religious veneration)

sacred (concerned with religion or religious purposes)

sacred (worthy of respect or dedication)

 Context examples 

“You see the sacredness of our hospitality,” I said bitterly to Maud Brewster.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Value of life? How could I answer the question on the spur of the moment? The sacredness of life I had accepted as axiomatic.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He put his hands in his coat pockets and turned back eagerly to his scrutiny of the house, as though my presence marred the sacredness of the vigil. So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight—watching over nothing.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)