YOUR WORD OF THE DAY 4/22/2003
sacrosanct \SAK-roh-sankt\, adjective:
Sacred; inviolable.
The family was viewed as sacrosanct: divorce was highly unusual and children were expected to be grateful for the sacrifices that parents, who postponed their own gratifications in forming a family, made on their behalf.
--Alan Wolfe, [1]One Nation, After All
Espionage is about redefining Good and Evil, the violable and the sacrosanct.
--Edward Shirley, [2]Know Thine Enemy
__________________________________________ Sacrosanct comes from Latin sacrosanctus, 'consecrated with religious ceremonies, hence holy, sacred,' from sacrum,
'religious rite' (from sacer, 'holy') + sanctus, 'consecrated,' from sancire, 'to make sacred by a religious act.'
Sacred; inviolable.
The family was viewed as sacrosanct: divorce was highly unusual and children were expected to be grateful for the sacrifices that parents, who postponed their own gratifications in forming a family, made on their behalf.
--Alan Wolfe, [1]One Nation, After All
Espionage is about redefining Good and Evil, the violable and the sacrosanct.
--Edward Shirley, [2]Know Thine Enemy
__________________________________________ Sacrosanct comes from Latin sacrosanctus, 'consecrated with religious ceremonies, hence holy, sacred,' from sacrum,
'religious rite' (from sacer, 'holy') + sanctus, 'consecrated,' from sancire, 'to make sacred by a religious act.'
