Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - sacrosanct
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If you describe something as sacrosanct, you consider it to be special and are unwilling to see it criticized or changed. Freedom of the press is sacrosanct. = sacred ADJ: usu v-link ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Latin ~us, probably from sacro sanctus hallowed by a sacred rite Date: 1601 1. most sacred or holy ; inviolable 2. treated as if holy ; immune from criticism or violation politically ~ programs • ~ity noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. (of a person, place, law, etc.) most sacred; inviolable. Derivatives sacrosanctity n. Etymology: L sacrosanctus f. sacro ablat. of sacrum sacred rite (see SACRED) + sanctus (as SAINT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. книж. священный и неприкосновенный sacrosanct place —- священное место the sacrosanct person of the king —- священная особа короля ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 15c., from L. sacrosanctus "protected by religious sanction," from sacro, abl. of sacrum "religious sanction" (from neut. sing. of sacer "sacred") + sanctus, pp. of sancire "make sacred." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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