sacral
- adjective
- /ˈseɪkrəl/
- Formal
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sagrado
- In the quiet of the temple, the air felt sacral, echoing the prayers of many generations.
And then it's cocktail hour and dinner time and it's now it's time to be sacral.
- And then it's cocktail hour and dinner time and it's now it's time to be sacral.
Examples
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Both allegory and Eucharist supervene or overcome "normal" or quotidian spatio-temporal relationships; both, by implication and essence, are veils for transcendent, sacral reality.
Academic text (1990) -
The stores, in short, offered their own holiday rituals, their own sacral symbols, and myths.
Academic text (1992) -
"The atmosphere is very sacral, even on this first day.
Fiction book (1992) -
To what degree is the Babungo king a sacred or sacral king?
Academic text (1993) -
Oro seems to have sacral rather than political associations.
Academic text (1997) -
The department stores were imbued with a luminous, almost sacral quality.
Academic text (1992) -
Instead, the marketplace itself took on sacral qualities that dovetailed with the churches' celebrations.
Academic text (1992) -
Finally, Patrick Gleeson will present a paper on the development of royal landscapes in Late Iron Age Munster, examining regional identities and sacral kingships.
Blog text (32) -
The traditional ceremony was filled with sacral rituals that honored the ancestors.
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The sacral symbols displayed in the church convey a deep sense of spirituality.
Synonyms
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4.3
People respect and treat it as very important
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.4
A group of nerves near the lower back that send messages to the hips and legs
- Specialized
One of five lower back bones that join together in adults to make a strong base for the spine
How Sacred
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Etymology
Sacral comes from the Latin sacer 'sacred', the same root as the English word sacred and sacrifice. So sacral describes things that are connected to holy rites or have a religious character.