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sacralize

[ sey-kruh-lahyz, sak-ruh- ]

verb (used with object)

sacralized, sacralizing.
  1. to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion:

    a society that sacralized science.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • c··tDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sacralize1

First recorded in 1930–35; sacral 1 + -ize
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Example Sentences

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He is inviting local charismatic clergy to continue to sacralize his campaign.

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Biblical stories about the suffering and death of the distinctly nonviolent Jesus of Nazareth were shamelessly manipulated in those years to sacralize our wars, and the religious among us largely failed to question such bizarre connections.

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Biblical stories about the suffering and death of the distinctly nonviolent Jesus of Nazareth were shamelessly manipulated to sacralize our "war on terror."

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But Rushdoony provided a way to sacralize these ideas, and at the same time not just tear down the old order, but provide a blueprint for the new order.

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Professor, activist and author Maulana Karenga would ritualize and sacralize the cultural and moral underpinnings of these practices in the seven principles of Kwanzaa.

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