sacrosanct

1 not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with <the teacher's book of grades is sacrosanct, and someone could be expelled for changing anything in it> Synonyms hallowed, holy, inviolable, sacred, unassailable, untouchableRelated Words inviolate, pure; privileged, protected, secure, shielded; exempt, immuneNear Antonyms blasphemous, irreverent, profane, sacrilegious

2 set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God <believers eventually built a chapel on the sacrosanct spot where the miracle was thought to have taken place> Synonyms blessed (also blest), consecrate, consecrated, hallowed, sacral, sacred, holy, sanctifiedRelated Words adored, enshrined, glorified, revered, venerated, worshipped (also worshiped); ceremonial, liturgical, priestly, religious, ritual, sacramental, spiritual; biblical, scripturalNear Antonyms nonreligious, unspiritual; earthly, mundane, profane, secular, temporal, worldlyAntonyms deconsecrated, desacralized, unconsecrated, unhallowed