But not to hate him who injures a sacred thing is in itself a crime, as St. Just cries out against Danton: "Are you not a criminal and responsible for not having hated the enemies of the fatherland?
The slightest push of that kind is punishable, as is every uprising against a sacred thing by which man is to be charmed and chained.
The Virgins' Feast is a sacred thing; How durst she enter the Virgins' ring?
And the word of a brave is the fiat of law; For the Virgins' Feast is a sacred thing.
Tis a custom of old and a sacred thing; Nor rank nor beauty the warriors spare, If a tarnished maiden should enter there.
Objection 1: It seems that not every sign of a sacred thing is a sacrament.
Even an oath has a certain relation to sacred things, in so far as it consists in calling a sacred thing to witness.
Whether every sign of a sacred thing is a sacrament?
Therefore it seems that sacrilege does not denote the violation of a sacred thing.
Whether Sacrilege Is the Violation of a Sacred Thing?
Objection 1: It would seem that sacrilege is not the violation of a sacred thing.
It is rarely, if ever, that a beast, whether a totem or only a sacred thing, becomes a god proper.
The world, with all its parts and incidents, is conceived of as a sacred thing, consecrated to God, and ever striving to realize him in itself, and itself in him.
The prepuce is sometimes treated as an amulet or in general as a magically powerful or sacred thing; but many other parts of the body (hair, finger nails, etc.
But sacrilege is present only when a sacred thing is attacked in that special quality or relation in which it is sacred.
It is against a sacred thing, that is, against the sanctity which a thing acquires from its dedication to God (e.
But in the strict sense, in which it is now taken, it is defined as "the violation of a sacred thing.
Strange that such a sacred thing as love, the source of all good, may thus, by abuse, become the fountainhead of all evil!
He who profanes that name profanes a sacred thing, and is guilty of what is, in reality, a sacrilege.
Otherwise, we trifle with a sacred thing, we are guilty of taking vain and unnecessary oaths.
Is not this entirely conclusive that at all times we have held the Missouri Compromise as a sacred thing, even when against ourselves as well as when for us?
All the evidences of public opinion at that day seemed to indicate that this compromise had been canonized in the hearts of the American people, as a sacred thing which no ruthless hand would ever be reckless enough to disturb.
If it was only a profane thing, a wandering vital principle, during life, how does it become a sacred thing all at once, and the object of religious sentiments?
But we, on the contrary, know that it is a sacred thing, and even more so than the protecting animal.
And the word of the warrior is a sacred by law; For the Virgins' Feast is a sacred thing.
The Virgins Feast is a Sacred thing: How durst she enter the Virgins ring?
Well knowing him a sacred thing, Not destined to my tooth, I only kiss'd his ruffled wing, And lick'd the feathers smooth.
He also had a war-club with an iron point, which he used as a sacred thing, waving it four times toward the foe.
Then the adopting father says to the child, "We give you a sacred thing.
This painting was not a nikie but the personal "qube" or sacred thing of the owner.
It was not possible for Tahn-té to make clear that the virtue of the yellow metal was not a sacred thing--only a thing of barter as shell beads or robes might be.
To the girl it was a sacred thing hidden in the earth of her land by the sun--and only to be used for ceremonies.
The power of damn, as we now understand that word, belongs to God alone; it is a sacred thing; therefore, it is profane to speak of it lightly.
Love of one's country, if it be real and deeply rooted in the heart, is a sacred thing.
If Friendship is a sacred thing, how necessary it is to use care in making a friend!
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sacred thing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
