sacr
holy, set apart as sacred
Latin · sacer / sacrare
Sacr comes from Latin sacer, holy or set apart. Sacrifice is making something sacred by giving it up, sacrilegious describes disrespect to holy things, and sacrosanct means too holy to be touched.
Memory trick
Sacr-ifice: sacr (holy) + fice (make): you make something holy by giving it up.
Words from this root
- sacrament (sacr + ament) — holy rite in a religionधार्मिक संस्कार
- sacramental (sacr + ament + al) — relating to a holy riteपवित्र संस्कार संबंधी
- sacrifice (sacri + fice) — giving something up for a higher causeत्याग, बलिदान
- sacrificial (sacri + fic + ial) — relating to a sacrificeबलिदान संबंधी
- sacrificer (sacri + fic + er) — one who makes a sacrificeबलिदान देने वाला
- sacrilegious (sacri + leg + ious) — disrespectful to holy thingsपवित्र वस्तुओं का अनादर करने वाला
- sacrosanct (sacro + sanct) — too holy to be touchedइतना पवित्र कि छुआ न जा सके
- sacristan (sacr + istan) — church official in charge of holy objectsगिरजे की पवित्र वस्तुओं का प्रभारी
- sacrum (sacrum) — triangular bone at base of spineरीढ़ के निचले भाग की तिकोनी हड्डी
- sacral (sacr + al) — relating to the sacrum or sacred ritesत्रिकास्थि या पवित्र संस्कार संबंधी
- sacrarium (sacr + arium) — place for holy thingsपवित्र वस्तुओं का स्थान
- sacrality (sacr + ality) — holiness, sacred qualityपवित्रता