Sacred tree, from the Temple of Athena at Pryene 6 6.
Sacred tree of Artemis, hung with weapons of the chase 45 23.
Sacred tree of Dionysus, with a statue of the god and offerings 27 12.
To cut down a sacred treewas a sacrilege, and the spirit of the tree was believed to avenge the crime.
Oftener, probably, it was the sacred pole of a village (itself descended from a sacred tree) that would be adorned with totemic figures, as among the Indians of Northwestern America.
The other mode of producing temporary inspiration, to which I shall here refer, consists in the use of a sacred tree or plant.
In Northern India the Emblica officinalis is a sacred tree.
The Costus speciosus, an Indian swamp tree, celebrated for its sweet fruit, is a sacred tree, and in the Hindu mythology figures as Kushtha, one of the trees of heaven.
The Jews evidently regarded the Cedar as a sacred tree: hence it was used in the making of idols.
The Cedar has always been regarded by the Jews as a sacred tree; and to this day the Maronites, Greeks, and Armenians go up to the Cedars of Lebanon, at the Feast of the Transfiguration, and celebrate Mass at their feet.
Bark ofsacred tree used to make garments for pregnant women, ii.
See also Nails Nails, golden or silver, driven into a sacred tree, ii.
Would not the abortion of miserably carved or chiselled images lag far behind the form of the god which the youthful imagination of antiquity pictured to itself throned on the bowery summit of a sacred tree.
The Irish bile or sacred tree, connected with the kings, must not be touched by any impious hand, and it was sacrilege to cut it down.
Evans argues that "the original holy object within the central triliths of Stonehenge was a sacred tree," an oak, image of the Celtic Zeus.
The Irish bile was a sacred tree, of great age, growing over a holy well or fort.
We are informed by Forlong that Diana was worshipped by the Amazons under a sacred tree.
Among the traditions and monuments of nearly every country of the globe are to be found traces of a sacred tree--a Tree of Life.
The ancient Hebrews evidently held the oak as a sacred tree.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sacred tree" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
