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Holiness :: Holiness (n.) The state of being hallowed, or consecrated to God or to his worship; sacredness..

Violate :: Violate (v. t.) To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe..

Sacre :: Sacre (v. t.) To consecrate; to make sacred.

Sacred :: Sacred (a.) Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; -- with to.

Inspired :: Inspired (a.) Communicated or given as by supernatural or divine inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy; -- opposed to uninspired, profane, or secular; as, the inspired writings, that is, the Scriptures..

Scarabee :: Scarabee (n.) Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles of the genus Scarabaeus, or family Scarabaeidae, especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species (Scarabaeus sacer, and S. Egyptiorum)..

Blaspheme :: Blaspheme (v.) Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile; to abuse..

Conjuration :: Conjuration (n.) The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration..

Consecrate :: Consecrate (v. t.) To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop..

Hagiologist :: Hagiologist (n.) One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.

Wafer :: Wafer (n.) A thin cake or piece of bread (commonly unleavened, circular, and stamped with a crucifix or with the sacred monogram) used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic Church..

Psalmographist :: Psalmographist (n.) A writer of psalms, or sacred songs and hymns..

Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like..

Profaner :: Profaner (n.) One who treats sacred things with irreverence, or defiles what is holy; one who uses profane language..

Apostate :: Apostate (n.) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession..

Priesthood :: Priesthood (n.) Priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart for sacred offices; the order of priests..

Awfulness :: Awfulness (n.) The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place..

Halidom :: Halidom (n.) Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; -- used chiefly in oaths.

Marai :: Marai (n.) A sacred inclosure or temple; -- so called by the islanders of the Pacific Ocean.

Osiris :: Osiris (n.) One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis..

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