[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sacred \sa"cred\, a. originally p. p. of oe. sacren to
   consecrate, f. sacrer, fr. l. sacrare, fr. sacer sacred,
   holy, cursed. cf. consecrate, execrate, saint,
   sexton.
   1. set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a
      good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use;
      consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred place; a
      sacred day; sacred service.
      1913 webster

   2. relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not
      secular; religious; as, sacred history.
      1913 webster

            smit with the love of sacred song.    --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the
      highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or
      veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
      1913 webster

            such neighbor nearness to our sacred royal blood
            should nothing privilege him.         --shak.
      1913 webster

            poet and saint to thee alone were given,
            the two most sacred names of earth and heaven.
                                                  --cowley.
      1913 webster

   4. hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
      1913 webster

            secrets of marriage still are sacred held. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   5. consecrated; dedicated; devoted; -- with to.
      1913 webster

            a temple, sacred to the queen of love. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   6. solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance,
      curse, or the like; accursed; baleful. archaic
      1913 webster

            but, to destruction sacred and devote. --milton.
      1913 webster

   society of the sacred heart r.c. ch., a religious order
      of women, founded in france in 1800, and approved in 1826.
      it was introduced into america in 1817. the members of the
      order devote themselves to the higher branches of female
      education.

   sacred baboon. zool. see hamadryas.

   sacred bean bot., a seed of the oriental lotus nelumbo
      speciosa or nelumbium speciosum, a plant resembling a
      water lily; also, the plant itself. see lotus.

   sacred beetle zool. see scarab.

   sacred canon. see canon, n., 3.

   sacred fish zool., any one of numerous species of
      fresh-water african fishes of the family mormyridae.
      several large species inhabit the nile and were considered
      sacred by the ancient egyptians; especially mormyrus
      oxyrhynchus.

   sacred ibis. see ibis.

   sacred monkey. zool.
      a any asiatic monkey of the genus semnopithecus,
          regarded as sacred by the hindoos; especially, the
          entellus. see entellus.
      b the sacred baboon. see hamadryas.
      c the bhunder, or rhesus monkey.

   sacred place civil law, the place where a deceased person
      is buried.
      1913 webster

   syn: holy; divine; hallowed; consecrated; dedicated; devoted;
        religious; venerable; reverend.
        1913 webster -- sa"credly, adv. -- sa"credness,
        n.
        1913 webster sacrific
see also:
consecrate execrate saint sexton society of the sacred heart sacred baboon 
hamadryas sacred bean nelumbo speciosa nelumbium speciosum lotus 
sacred beetle scarab sacred canon canon sacred fish 
mormyridae mormyrus oxyrhynchus sacred ibis ibis sacred monkey 
semnopithecus entellus sacred place sa"credly sa"credness 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

canon \can"on\ ka^n"u^n, n. oe. canon, canoun, as. canon
   rule cf. f. canon, ll. canon, and, for sense 7, f. chanoine,
   ll. canonicus, fr. l. canon a measuring line, rule, model,
   fr. gr. kanw`n rule, rod, fr. ka`nh, ka`nnh, reed. see
   cane, and cf. canonical.
   1. a law or rule.
      1913 webster

            or that the everlasting had not fixed
            his canon 'gainst self-slaughter.     --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. eccl. a law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted
      by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a
      decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by
      ecclesiastical authority.
      1913 webster

            various canons which were made in councils held in
            the second centry.                    --hook.
      1913 webster

   3. the collection of books received as genuine holy
      scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of
      moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the bible;
      also, any one of the canonical scriptures. see canonical
      books, under canonical, a.
      1913 webster

   4. in monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious
      order.
      1913 webster

   5. a catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the
      roman catholic church.
      1913 webster

   6. a member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a
      prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
      1913 webster

   7. mus. a musical composition in which the voices begin one
      after another, at regular intervals, successively taking
      up the same subject. it either winds up with a coda
      tailpiece, or, as each voice finishes, commences anew,
      thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. it is the
      strictest form of imitation. see imitation.
      1913 webster

   8. print. the largest size of type having a specific name;
      -- so called from having been used for printing the canons
      of the church.
      1913 webster

   9. the part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called
      also ear and shank.

   note: see illust. of bell. --knight.
         1913 webster

   10. billiards see carom.
       1913 webster

   apostolical canons. see under apostolical.

   augustinian canons, black canons. see under
      augustinian.

   canon capitular, canon residentiary, a resident member of
      a cathedral chapter during a part or the whole of the
      year.

   canon law. see under law.

   canon of the mass r. c. ch., that part of the mass,
      following the sanctus, which never changes.

   honorary canon, a canon6 who neither lived in a
      monastery, nor kept the canonical hours.

   minor canon ch. of eng., one who has been admitted to a
      chapter, but has not yet received a prebend.

   regular canon r. c. ch., one who lived in a conventual
      community and followed the rule of st. austin; a black
      canon.

   secular canon r. c. ch., one who did not live in a
      monastery, but kept the hours.
      1913 webster
see also:
cane canonical sacred canon canonical books imitation ear 
shank bell carom apostolical canons apostolical 
augustinian canons black canons augustinian canon capitular canon residentiary 
canon law law canon of the mass honorary canon minor canon 
regular canon secular canon 

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