Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SA'CRED-NESS
SA'CRED-LYSA-CRIF'IC, or SA-CRIF'IC-AL
SA'CRED-NESS, n.
- The state of being sacred, or consecrated to God, to his worship or to religious uses; holiness; sanctity; as, the sacredness of the sanctuary or its worship; the sacredness of the sabbath; the sacredness of the clerical office.
- Inviolableness; as, the sacredness of marriage vows or of a trust.
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