sacrosanct

sacrosanct

adjective

Definition of 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, sacrosanct, unassailable, untouchable

Related Words inviolate, pure; privileged, protected, secure, shielded; exempt, immune

Near 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, sacrosanct, sanctified

Related Words adored, enshrined, glorified, revered, venerated, worshipped (also worshiped); ceremonial, liturgical, priestly, religious, ritual, sacramental, spiritual; biblical, scriptural

Near Antonyms nonreligious, unspiritual; earthly, mundane, profane, secular, temporal, worldly

Antonyms deconsecrated, desacralized, unconsecrated, unhallowed