From its qualities, the Cypress acquired throughout the East a sacred character.
From long habits of association, the Yew acquired a sacred character, and therefore was considered as the best and most appropriate ornament of consecrated ground.
It may have been or may yet be discovered that some of these wild men used the Swastika upon objects serving at ceremonies or festivals of their religion, or which had, in their eyes, a semi-sacred character.
There is nothing about this pin, nor indeed any of the other objects, to indicate any holy or sacred character, nor that any of them were used in any ceremony having relation to the sun, to any god, or to anything holy or sacred.
The meal used in the Zuni ceremony may have been regarded as sacred, and it may, indeed must, have been made on a stone metate, yet neither the metate nor the stone thereby obtained any holy or sacred character.
Hence, just as some plants would in process of time acquire a sacred character, others would do the reverse.
It must be remembered, too, that all over the world there is a regard for things red, this colour having been once held sacred to Thor, and Grimm suggests that it was on this account the robin acquired its sacred character.
From their association, too, with certain events, plants frequently acquired a sacred character, and occasionally their specific virtues enhanced their veneration.
Thus the hare, the fowl, and the goose have retained their sacred character in a special manner in various parts of the country, and I may add a further note of more general significance.
It was held only by tradition, because tradition was the only means of transmitting it, and it was of a sacred character, because sacred things and beliefs were the only forces which influenced primitive thought.
An amulet has a sacred character, yet the respect which it inspires is nothing exceptional.
Extension, like duration, repeats itself indefinitely; if the portions which I touch have of themselves no sacred character, where did the others get theirs?
In general, a plant important in a given region (as, for example, the tobacco plant in North America) is likely to be invested with a sacred character.
So also the stones thrown at the foot of a Hermes pillar may have been meant as a waymark, yet with the feeling that the stone heap had a sacred character of its own.
Melanesian tambu is that which has a sacred character.
In accordance with the law by which religion appropriates social customs, the dance is devoted to religious purposes and acquires a sacred character.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sacred character" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
