Sacred vs Soul - What's the difference?
sacred | soul |
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)
(religion, folklore) The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality. Often believed to live on after the person's death.
* 1836 , (Hans Christian Andersen) (translated into English by Mrs. H. B. Paull in 1872), (The Little Mermaid)
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or
The spirit or essence of anything.
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, title= Life, energy, vigor.
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(music) Soul music.
A person, especially as one among many.
An individual life.
As verbs the difference between sacred and soul
is that sacred is past tense of sacre while soul is to endue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind.As an adjective 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 noun soul is
the spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality. Often believed to live on after the person's death.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. -.
Synonyms
* (made holy) (dedicated) consecrated * divine * godly * hallowed * holy * (not to be profaned) inviolable * sacrosanctAntonyms
* cursed * damned * profane * unholy * ungodlyEtymology 2
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*soul
English
(wikipedia soul)Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) (the Scandinavian forms are borrowings from the Old English).Alternative forms
* sowl (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- "Among the daughters of the air," answered one of them. "A mermaid has not an immortal soul', nor can she obtain one unless she wins the love of a human being. On the power of another hangs her eternal destiny. But the daughters of the air, although they do not possess an immortal ' soul , can, by their good deeds, procure one for themselves.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=From another point of view, it was a place without a soul . The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.}}
- That he wants algebra he must confess; / But not a soul to give our arms success.
- Fifty souls were lost when the ship sank.