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The sentence "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose" was written by Gertrude Stein as part of the 1913 poem "Sacred Emily", which appeared in the 1922 book Geography and Plays. In that poem, the first "Rose" is the name of a person.
Although the terms sacred and holy are similar in meaning, and they are sometimes used interchangeably, they carry subtle differences. [5] Holiness is generally used in relation to people and relationships, whereas sacredness is used in relation to objects, places, or happenings. [6]
Sacrebleu or sacre bleu is a French expression used as a cry of surprise, irritation or displeasure. It is a minced oath form of the profane sacré Dieu (holy God), which, by some religions, is considered profane, due to one of the Ten Commandments in the Bible, which reads "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain."
Sacrifice: (from a Middle English verb meaning 'to make sacred', from Old French, from Latin sacrificium : sacer, sacred; sacred + facere, to make) Commonly known as the practice of offering food, or the lives of animals or people to the gods, as an act of propitiation or worship.
Sacrosanctity (Latin: sacrosanctitas, lit. 'sacred sanctity') or inviolability is the declaration of physical inviolability of a place (particularly temples and city walls), a sacred object, or a person.
Or "sacred simplicity". sancte et sapienter: in a holy and wise way: Also sancte sapienter (holiness, wisdom), motto of several institutions, notably King's College London: sanctum sanctorum: Holy of Holies: referring to a more sacred and/or guarded place, within a lesser guarded, yet also holy location. sapere aude: dare to know
Sacred mysteries are the areas of supernatural phenomena associated with a divinity or a religious belief and praxis. Sacred mysteries may be either: Sacred mysteries may be either: Religious beliefs, rituals or practices which are kept secret from the uninitiated .
Lutherans hold that sacraments are sacred acts of divine institution. [41] Whenever they are properly administered by the use of the physical component commanded by God [ 42 ] along with the divine words of institution, [ 43 ] God is, in a way specific to each sacrament, present with the Word and physical component. [ 44 ]