Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sacralize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sacral-ize
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Example Sentences

"Bishop Daniel Flores of the Brownsville Diocese in Texas recently wrote on Twitter that Americans “sacralize death’s instruments, and then are surprised that death uses them.” [...] Bishop Flores told the Catholic website The Pillar, “[...] To say something is sacralized is to say it’s almost taken out of any possibility for conversation.”"

Etymology

Etymology tree English sacral Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sacralize From sacral + -ize.

Inflected Forms

sacralizes (present, singular) sacralizing (participle, present) sacralized (participle, past) sacralized (past)

Derived Forms

desacralize resacralize sacralization

Synonyms

sacredize sanctify avow behallow bless canonize consecrate dedicate hallow inaugurate martyr sacralize

Antonyms

desacralize corrupt defile desecrate profanate profane profanize pollute sully tarnish violate

Questions

What does sacralize mean?: to make sacred
Where does sacralize come from?: Etymology tree English sacral Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sacralize From sacral + -ize.

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