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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''hālig''; akin to Old English ''hāl'' whole | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''hālig''; akin to Old English ''hāl'' whole |
| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century] | | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century] |
| The word "sacred" descends from the [[Latin]] ''sacrum'', which referred to the gods or anything in their [[power]], and to ''sacer'', [[priest]]; ''sanctum'', set apart. It was generally conceived spatially, as referring to the area around a [[temple]]. | | The word "sacred" descends from the [[Latin]] ''sacrum'', which referred to the gods or anything in their [[power]], and to ''sacer'', [[priest]]; ''sanctum'', set apart. It was generally conceived spatially, as referring to the area around a [[temple]]. |
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| In non-specialist [[context]]s, the term "holy" is used in a more general way, to refer to someone or something that is associated with a [[divine]] [[power]], such as water used for [[Baptism]]. | | In non-specialist [[context]]s, the term "holy" is used in a more general way, to refer to someone or something that is associated with a [[divine]] [[power]], such as water used for [[Baptism]]. |
− | <center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Sacred]]''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Sacred '''''this link'''''].</center> | + | <center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Sacred]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Sacred '''''this link'''''].</center> |
| ==Definition== | | ==Definition== |
| *1. Kept or regarded as inviolate from ordinary use, and appropriated or set apart for [[religious]] use or observance; consecrated, dedicated, sacred. (This sense blends eventually with 3b.) | | *1. Kept or regarded as inviolate from ordinary use, and appropriated or set apart for [[religious]] use or observance; consecrated, dedicated, sacred. (This sense blends eventually with 3b.) |