Perhaps an individual life, whatever its merits, was sacred now in a sense it had never been before.
Also it was too sacred ever to be revealed, or even mentioned, in public.
Find out what is sacred or special in the area, the origin of the place name.
Not a lot is sacred in the millennial game, however.
Now, say the banks, no deal is sacred in the City.
All but one of his surviving works are sacred in nature.
I do not mean sacred in a religious sense.
They provided meaning and contact with the sacred in history through the god of Israel.
Even bread isn't sacred in France any more, according to the baking trade.
Christian rhetoric considers each individual to be sacred in the eyes of God.