Godlike vs Sacred - What's the difference?
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Having the characteristics of a god.
* {{quote-book
, year = 1895
, title =
, author = H. L. Mencken (translator)
, original = Der Antichrist
, by = (Friedrich Nietzsche)
, section = ยง48
, passage = Man himself had been his greatest'' blunder; he had created a rival to himself; science makes men ''godlike โ it is all up with priests and gods when man becomes scientific!
}}
* {{quote-book
, date = 1990-09-01
, title = (The Vor Game)
, first = Lois McMaster
, last = Bujold
, authorlink = Lois McMaster Bujold
, publisher = Baen Books
, isbn = 9780671720148
, ol = 7663039M
, passage = When a normal ensign looked at his commander, he ought to see a godlike being, not a, a... future subordinate.
}}
* {{quote-video
, date = 2001-07-14
, title =
, series = (Farscape)
, season = 3
, number = 12
, people = (Ben Browder)
, role = John Crichton
, passage = Godlike' aliens! Man, do I hate '''godlike''' aliens! I'll trade a critter for a ' godlike alien, any day!
}}
Characteristic of a god.
* 1817 , (John Keats), โโ:
* {{quote-book
, year = 1850
, title = A Few Thoughts for a Young Man
, first = Horace
, last = Mann
, authorlink = Horace Mann
, passage = Beneficence is godlike , and he who does most good to his fellow-man is the Master of Masters, and has learned the Art of Arts.
}}
* {{quote-book
, year = 1949
, year_published = 1965
, title = The Time Axis
, first = Henry
, last = Kuttner
, authorlink = Henry Kuttner
, ol = 22036162M
, passage = It took the combined skills of three great civilizations far apart in time to frame that godlike concept in which the tangible universe itself was only a single factor.
}}
Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred' place; a '''sacred''' day; ' sacred service.
Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred history.
Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; -- with to.
(archaic) Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful.
(sacre)
Godlike is a related term of sacred.
As adjectives the difference between godlike and sacred
is that godlike is having the characteristics of a god while sacred is set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred' place; a '''sacred''' day; ' sacred service.As a verb sacred is
(sacre).godlike
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- And each imagin'd pinnacle and steep / Of godlike hardship tells me I must die / Like a sick Eagle looking at the sky.
Anagrams
*sacred
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sacred, isacred, past participle of (etyl) sacren, .Adjective
(en adjective)- Smit with the love of sacred song. -.
- Such neighbor nearness to our sacred [royal] blood Should nothing privilege him.
- Poet and saint to thee alone were given, The two most sacred names of earth and heaven. -Cowley.
- Secrets of marriage still are sacred held. -.
- A temple, sacred to the queen of love. -.
- But, to destruction sacred and devote. -.