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   sacrosanct

   /ˈsakrə(ʊ)saŋ(k)t/

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of a principle, place, or routine) regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with: "the individual's right to work has been upheld as sacrosanct"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Latin sacrosanctus, from sacro ‘by a sacred rite’ (ablative of sacrum) + sanctus ‘holy’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sacrosanctity noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

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