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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]].
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.)
