Sacred

sā′kred, adj. set apart or dedicated, esp. to God: made holy: proceeding from God: religious: entitled to respect or veneration: inviolable: devoted to destruction: opposed to secular , as sacred music or history: not liable to punishment.— adv. Sā′credly .— n. Sā′credne .— Sacred ape , the hanuman of India; Sacred beetle , an Egyptian scarab; Sacred cat , the house cat of Egypt, sacred to Pasht; Sacred fish , one of the fresh-water fishes of the Nile; Sacred Heart (R.C.), the physical heart of Christ, adored with special devotion since the 18th century. [O. Fr. sacrer —L. sacrāre —L. sacer , sacred.]