sacred

Adjective

• (often followed by `to') devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person
  • a fund sacred to charity
    
  • a morning hour sacred to study
    
  • a private office sacred to the President
    

• worthy of religious veneration
  • the sacred name of Jesus
    
  • Jerusalem's hallowed soil
    

• made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use
  • a consecrated church
    
  • the sacred mosque
    
  • sacred elephants
    
  • sacred bread and wine
    
  • sanctified wine
    

• worthy of respect or dedication
  • saw motherhood as woman's sacred calling
    

• concerned with religion or religious purposes
  • sacred texts
    
  • sacred rites
    
  • sacred music
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  hallowed , consecrated , sanctified
• Antonyms: 
  profane , secular