sacred

sacré, consacré

Réservé à un usage religieux et traité avec un grand respect.

En anglais simple : Kept for religious use and treated with great respect.

• This is a sacred place.
• Only the priest may touch the sacred objects.
• Visitors must remain quiet inside the sacred building.

Synonymes : holy, consecrated

Contraires : profane

Expressions courantes : sacred place, sacred ground, sacred objects, sacred site

inviolable, sacré

Si important qu’il ne faut jamais le violer, le modifier ou lui porter atteinte.

En anglais simple : So important that it must never be broken, changed, or harmed.

• A promise is sacred to him.
• They believe every person’s rights are sacred.
• Our Sunday lunch is sacred; nobody may cancel it.

Comment l'utiliser : sacred to someone (Her privacy is sacred to her.)

Synonymes : inviolable, untouchable

Expressions courantes : sacred duty, sacred promise, sacred right

religieux, sacré

Qui concerne la religion ou les cérémonies religieuses.

En anglais simple : Connected with religion or religious ceremonies.

• The choir sings sacred music.
• She studies sacred art from several countries.
• These sacred texts are read during the service.

Synonymes : religious

Contraires : secular

Expressions courantes : sacred music, sacred texts, sacred art

divin, sacré

Donné ou ordonné par un dieu.

En anglais simple : Given or commanded by a god.

• They obeyed the sacred command.
• The ruler claimed sacred authority from the gods.
• Believers considered these rules part of sacred law.

Synonymes : divine

Expressions courantes : sacred authority, sacred command, sacred law

dédié, consacré

Mis à part ou réservé spécialement à quelqu’un ou à quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Set apart or kept especially for someone or something.

• The temple was sacred to the goddess.
• This garden is sacred to his mother’s memory.
• They raised a monument sacred to the fallen soldiers.

Comment l'utiliser : sacred to someone/something (The shrine was sacred to the goddess of wisdom.)

Synonymes : dedicated, devoted

Expressions courantes : sacred to someone, sacred to memory