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Synonyms for sacrosanct
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : sak-roh-sangkt |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæk roʊˌsæŋkt |
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Définition of sacrosanct
Origin :- "superlatively sacred or inviolable," c.1600, from Latin sacrosanctus "protected by religious sanction, consecrated with religious ceremonies," from sacro, ablative of sacrum "religious sanction" (from neuter singular of sacer "sacred") + sanctus, past participle of sancire "make sacred" (for both, see sacred). Earlier in partially anglicized form sacro-seint (c.1500).
- adj sacred
- The oath that we take on the 2nd of December, nephew of the 18th Brumaire, is sacrosanct!
- Extract from : « Napoleon the Little » by Victor Hugo
- Diplomatic envoys are just as sacrosanct as heads of States.
- Extract from : « International Law. A Treatise. Volume I (of 2) » by Lassa Francis Oppenheim
- In their eyes the king was not merely autocratic, but sacrosanct.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 » by Various
- It is they who preach the doctrine of blood and iron; who hold that Csar is sacrosanct.
- Extract from : « The Girl from Alsace » by Burton Egbert Stevenson
- Evidently to her the spot on which Adrian sat was sacrosanct.
- Extract from : « Jaffery » by William J. Locke
- But then no rules to me are sacrosanct; indeed, they are only tolerable because of the exceptions.
- Extract from : « Oscar Wilde, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Frank Harris
- The "Military Situation" was sacrosanct, supreme, inviolable!
- Extract from : « The Siege of Kimberley » by T. Phelan
- The whigs refused to accept the sacrosanct character of the monarchy.
- Extract from : « Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. » by S. A. Reilly
- If you are at war with him, and hold his fortress in his teeth, I am his ambassador and sacrosanct.
- Extract from : « Count Hannibal » by Stanley J. Weyman
- Every European people regards its constitution merely as a fundamental law, and ascribes no sacrosanct character to it.
- Extract from : « And the Kaiser abdicates » by S. Miles Bouton
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