as in sacred
set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God
sacral laws that have been passed down for generations
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Recent Examples of sacral
The Spa The pink and white Astor Salon & Spa offers facials, massages, body treatments, reflexology, reiki, and cranial sacral therapy sessions.
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Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2024
Cooper Jones has sacral agenesis, a congenital condition that affects the lower spine.
—Longreads, 3 May 2024
People with paraplegia can control their bladder through sacral nerve stimulation, facilitating communication between the bladder and brain.
—Caroline Barlott, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2015
The DoubleBlind merch section has some kitschy items, like vials of sacral balancing oil (sold out), but the brand ethos, by and large, is more do-good than Day-Glo.
—New York Times, 20 July 2022
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Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2024
Cooper Jones has sacral agenesis, a congenital condition that affects the lower spine.
—Longreads, 3 May 2024
People with paraplegia can control their bladder through sacral nerve stimulation, facilitating communication between the bladder and brain.
—Caroline Barlott, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2015
The DoubleBlind merch section has some kitschy items, like vials of sacral balancing oil (sold out), but the brand ethos, by and large, is more do-good than Day-Glo.
—New York Times, 20 July 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacral
Adjective
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While the team of researchers hailed the success of the telescope, the road to its construction was marked by years of protests against the placement of yet another massive device on what many native Hawaiians view as sacred land.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
3 May 2025
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Leave it to Taurus Season — the first Earth sign of the astrological year — to give us a bit more sacred stillness and space to just be.—
Colin Bedell,
Them.,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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Anyone in our era, that was a holy grail: to get to play college basketball.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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His many attempts to free himself from the holy seal placed upon the Devils becomes a running gag involving various unpleasant bodily functions.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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With these words, the master of papal liturgical ceremonies ordered all non-electors to leave the Sistine Chapel.—
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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The liturgical garments – such as robes, stoles and hats – worn by the pope and other Christian church officials are known as vestments.—
Christopher Watson,
ABC News,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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For two and a half centuries, religious freedom has driven America's story.—
Kevin Sabet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Soon afterward, gunmen attacked members of the Druze religious minority in towns south of Damascus, setting off fierce battles that left more than 100 people dead.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2025
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“Sacral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacral. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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