sacred
adj.adj. connected to a god or religion and treated with great respect. It can also describe something so important that it must not be changed or disrespected.
adj. connected with God or a god, or dedicated to a religious purpose and so deserving veneration. In a secular context, it describes something regarded as too valuable or important to be interfered with.
The cows are considered sacred in this culture.
The monks spent years restoring the sacred texts that had been damaged during the war.
While the site is no longer used for formal worship, it remains sacred to the local community as a symbol of their ancestral heritage and spiritual resilience.
From Middle English sacred, isacred, past participle of sacren, sakeren (“to make holy, hallow”), equivalent to sacre + -ed.
Typically used as an attributive adjective before a noun, but can also follow a linking verb.