English Vocabulary With Root Word – Set 14 Free PDF Download

sanct/ sacr/ secr

Meaning
Holy
Pious, pure, sacred

consecrate

• Meaning
• Con-together
• Make or declare sacred
• To officially make something holy and able to be used for religious ceremonies
• Use
• The new cathedral was completed and consecrated in 2018

desecrate

• Meaning
• De-damage
• To damage a holy or sacred place; treat a sacred thing with disrespect
• To treat disrespectfully, irreverently or outrageously
• Use
• It is a crime to desecrate the country’s flag

Execrable

• Meaning
• (ex-out + secr- sacred)
  Very bad; extremely unpleasant Terrible; atrocious
• Use
  That was an execrable performance

Sacred

• Meaning
• Connected with God or deserving veneration
• Considered too important to be changed

Sacrosanct

• Meaning
  His daily routine is absolutely sacred to him

Sacrilege

• Violation of something sacred
• Treating something holy without respect

Use

• They accused him of committing a sacrilege

Sacristy

• A room in a church where a priest prepared for a service and where vestments and articles of worship are kept
• Sacristan- a person whose job is to take care of the holy objects in a Christian Church

Sanctimonious

• Making a show of being morally superior to other people
• Holier than thou

Sanctum

• A sacred place especially a shrine

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