sacred text
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈseɪkrɪd tɛkst/
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texto sagrado
- The Bhagavad-Gita, one of the most sacred texts of Hinduism, is seen by some as a text that encourages violence and war.
- interpretation of sacred texts
- read the sacred texts
Why does the sacred texts say this instead of saying this other thing?
- Why does the sacred texts say this instead of saying this other thing?
- Every church in the Empire was to be closed, every Bible and sacred text was to be burnt.
- I'm just wondering, I guess in addition to or amongst the different sacred texts or scriptures that you could study, why that stands out.
Examples
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And the only authority available to interpret his word is the sacred text.
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Many religious communities consider the Bible to be a sacred text that guides their beliefs.
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We can recognize the sacred text because it is present in our life stories.
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Within the pages of the sacred text are found the categories that shape religious persons' experiences of the world.
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We have already removed the Book of Oa, our most sacred text.
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Profound words lie in the Hebrew sacred text of Joel.
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Instead of begging, you can recite the sacred texts.
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An unannotated Bible could facilitate a transparent encounter with the sacred text.
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The commandment for Muslim women to cover themselves comes from the Quran, the Islamic sacred text.
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Scholem, like the Kabbalists he studied, found the secret revealed in the sacred texts and their hermeneutical deciphering.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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6.7
Sacred writings a religion accepts as true and important, like the Bible or Quran
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3.7
A book or writing that people treat as holy in a religion
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7.5
A holy text that a religion treats as true and that guides people's lives
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7.7
A text that a religion treats as holy and important
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4.5
A text seen as holy and used for worship or teaching in a religion
How Sacred
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a book or writing regarded with great reverence' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'sacred' (holy, for religious use) + 'text' (written content). This adjective+noun combination follows a straightforward semantic pattern common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Sacred text comes from the simple image of a book kept in a temple or church: the written text is called sacred because people treat it as 'holy' and use it in 'worship'. So, sacred texts are books people hold with great respect and turn to for guidance.