Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, near, or relating to the sacrum.
- adj. Relating to sacred rites or observances.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to the sacrum.
- n. A sacral vertebra. Abbreviated S.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sacrum; in the region of the sacrum.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to or near the sacrum
- adj. of or relating to sacred rites
Etymologies
- From Latin sacer, sacr-, sacred; see sacred. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“A further practical aspect of providing a proper gathering space for a modern church was examined by Fr. Neil Roy, by illustrating the medieval Galilee chapel and its "transitus" character, both in terms of entering the sacral from the secular and in terms of entering the heavenly from the earthly.”
Brief Summary of the Fota Conference on "Benedict XVI on Church Art and Architecture"
“Out here in the desert, among the great open tables of a vast, imposing communion, the idea of sacral man-made space registers in the viscerally absurd, feels essentially and obviously offensive.”
The Huffington Post: Christopher Cocca: What Is Sacred Space?
“Because of a genetic disorder called sacral agenesis, Siggins's legs were amputated when she was young.”
“From the Catholic Church of Lithuania: In the beginning of the 20th century the Hill of Crosses was already widely known as a sacral place.”
“Mr Easterday was born with a rare condition called sacral agenesis which stopped his spine from developing normally.”
“He was born with a rare condition called sacral agenesis which prevented his spine from developing normally.”
“Here he explains his view of what science is, a view that is somewhat biased, I think: 1. Science as I have already quoted Alex Comfort as saying is our "sacral" way of knowing.”
“This technique, developed by naprapathic physician and herbalist Dr. Rosita Arvigo and based on traditional healing methods of Maya medicine, addresses pelvic flow and organ alignment through abdominal and sacral massage, for both women and men.”
“The restoration of the sacral visage of the church must remain for the majority of “worldly” observers foreign and incomprehensible.”
“If anything, it bolsters the concept of a sacral language for use within liturgical worship and let us recall too that the retention of Latin was the will and mandate of the Council itself, not to mention successive popes.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sacral’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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SCIE - neurology
abducens.....draw..., ablation.....carr..., acetylcholine......., adrenalin.....nea..., afferent.....to c..., agnosia.....no kn..., alar.....wing-like, alexia.....no words, alveus.....canal, amacrine.....no l..., ambidextrous........, ambiguus.....doub... and 701 more...
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Words of Dinosaurology
This quickly got bigger and weirder than originally intended, so now it's housing terms that relate to the study of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. See also Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, Ichthy...
zygopophyses, ziphodont, plesiomorphic, cleidoic, endothermy, ectothermy, viviparous, vertebrae, cervical, dorsal, sacral, caudal and 628 more...
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hagendas 2008
mise-en-scene, occultation, lodestone, obdurate, remontoire, filigree, insensate, carapace, vicissitude, verdigris, indivuation, intercalate and 224 more...
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chakras
chakra, root, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye, crown, prana, aura, lotus, kundalini and 7 more...
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sambearpoet's Words
perspicacious, callipygian, lithe, precocious, stalwart, loquacious, perky, sumptuous, pavillion, beefeater, lascivious, ventral and 50 more...
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Mystagogy, Mysterium, Magisterium, My...
sacral, soucouyant, apotropaic, nephelomancy, halomancy, myomancy
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