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sacrosanct

US/ˈsæk.ɹoʊˌsæŋkt/

sacrosanct adjective: beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable.

Adjective

sacrosanct (comparative more sacrosanct, superlative most sacrosanct)

  1. (figuratively) Beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable.
    • It will be noted that pre-grouping routes between London and Scotland are no longer sacrosanct—for example, Glasgow St. Enoch trains no longer run necessarily to St. Pancras.1960 December, B. Perren, “The role of the Great Central—present and future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 765
    • Closer investigation revealed these as millions of elaborate crypts a few meters below the surface, left by a long-extinct spacefaring species called the zeioph. Many human universities wish to perform archeological excavations. Council law holds grave sites as sacrosanct, however, and the matter...2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Armeni
    Synonyms:
    sacred
  2. Sacred, very holy.

sacrosanct meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

sacrosanct in Tamil

திருவார்திருவுடைய, புனிதத்தன்மைசான்ற, மீறொணாத, இறைகாப்புடைய, இடவகையில், மீறாத் திருவாணைக் கட்டுக்காப்புடைய

sacrosanct in Urdu

ناقابل فسخ, ناقابل تنسیخ

sacrosanct in Bengali

অতিপবিত্র, অলঙ্ঘনীয়

sacrosanct in Malayalam

hallowed, sacred, respected
പരിശുദ്ധമായ, പാവനമായ, പരിപാവന, പരമപവിത്രം, വിശുദ്ധമാക്കപ്പെട്ട, അലംഘ്യം
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sacrosanct in Kannada
ಪರಮಪವಿತ್ರವಾದ, ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಪೂಜ್ಯವಾದ, ಅಪವಿತ್ರಗೊಳಿಸಬಾರದ, ಮೈಲಿಗೆ ಮಾಡಬಾರದ
sacrosanct in Tagalog
kabanal-banalan

Examples of sacrosanct in a sentence

  • Council law holds grave sites as sacrosanct, however, and the matter has been tied up in court for a decade.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Armeni:
  • After decades of being considered politically sacrosanct, why are homeowner mortgage write-offs suddenly on the chopping block?2011 August 14, Kenneth R. Harney, “Homeowner mortgage write-off may be in jeopardy”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on...
  • It has exposed a political culture in which the facts – in this case, of the President’s actions – are no longer sacrosanct and that has been laced with a fog of misinformation by his allies.2019 December 18, Stephen Collinson, “A grave day in history: Trump faces impeachment”, in CNN:
  • As Parisians deserted the capital in August for their sacrosanct summer holidays, French Prime Minister François Bayrou remained stationed at this desk in an otherwise hushed Hôtel de Matignon.2025 August 30, Leila Abboud, Ian Johnston, Adrienne Klasa, “France’s isolated PM puts his job on the line”, in FT Weekend, London: The...

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Synonyms of sacrosanct

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Antonyms

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Forms of sacrosanct

comparativemore sacrosanct
superlativemost sacrosanct

Origin of sacrosanct

Learned borrowing from Latin sacrōsānctus.

Words formed from sacrosanct

Words that rhyme with sacrosanct

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Questions about sacrosanct

What does sacrosanct mean?
Sacrosanct means beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable.
What is sacrosanct in Tamil?
Sacrosanct in Tamil is திருவார்திருவுடைய, புனிதத்தன்மைசான்ற, மீறொணாத. See Sacrosanct meaning in Tamil.
How do you use sacrosanct in a sentence?
Council law holds grave sites as sacrosanct, however, and the matter has been tied up in court for a decade.
What part of speech is sacrosanct?
Sacrosanct is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sacrosanct?
Sacrosanct is pronounced /ˈsæk.ɹoʊˌsæŋkt/ (US).

Words near sacrosanct in the dictionary

  1. sacroperineal
  2. sacropictorial
  3. sacroposterior
  4. sacropubic
  5. sacrorectal
  6. sacrosanct
  7. sacrosancta
  8. sacrosanctities
  9. sacrosanctity
  10. sacrosanctly
  11. sacrosanctness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sacrosanct (page history and authors); sacrosanct (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sacrosanct (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sacrosanct (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sacrosanct (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); sacrosanct (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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