1
as in sacred
not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with
the teacher's book of grades is sacrosanct, and someone could be expelled for changing anything in it
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as in holy
set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God
believers eventually built a chapel on the sacrosanct spot where the miracle was thought to have taken place
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Recent Examples of sacrosanct
From three points for a win in football to the two-point conversion in the NFL, nothing should be sacrosanct if tweaking it improves the experience.
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Duncan Alexander, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Thus the self-seekers and the doctrinaires were drawn together into an alliance to maintain the status quo, and all its abuses and inequalities were made sacrosanct.
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
Her imprudence should not go unchallenged because the oath is sacrosanct.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2024
This restraint formed the basis of the international system: borders were, by and large, sacrosanct.
—Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
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Duncan Alexander, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Thus the self-seekers and the doctrinaires were drawn together into an alliance to maintain the status quo, and all its abuses and inequalities were made sacrosanct.
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
Her imprudence should not go unchallenged because the oath is sacrosanct.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2024
This restraint formed the basis of the international system: borders were, by and large, sacrosanct.
—Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
See all Example Sentences for sacrosanct
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“Sacrosanct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacrosanct. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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