What's the difference between dedicate and sacred?

Dedicate


Definition:

  • (p. a.) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
  • (v. t.) To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a religious use.
  • (v. t.) To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service.
  • (v. t.) To inscribe or address, as to a patron.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A dedicated goal makes a big difference in mobilising action and resources.
  • (2) His dedication and professionalism is world class and he deserves all the recognition he has received to date.
  • (3) Giving voice to that sentiment the mass-selling daily newspaper Ta Nea dedicated its front-page editorial to what it hoped would soon be the group's demise, describing Alexopoulos' desertion as a "positive development".
  • (4) This can only be achieved by a well prepared and equipped team dedicated to provision of this care.
  • (5) The fashion in Hollywood leading men now is for the sort of sculpted torso that requires months, if not years, of dedicated abdominal crunching.
  • (6) Arvind Kejriwal, leader of a new populist political party "dedicated to improving the lot of the common man", announced on Monday that he would form a government to run the sprawling, troubled and increasingly wealthy city of 15 million people.
  • (7) The authors document the first 19 months of a service dedicated to the care of hopelessly ill patients in a teaching hospital.
  • (8) Patronage at the airport in the early years would not justify a dedicated rail link.
  • (9) Fried, reports Variety, has now retired to Florida, but the director tracked her down and rewarded her with a dedication in the soon-to-be-published coffee table making-of book, as well as couple of cameos.
  • (10) Dedicate it to the off-the-cuff remark – the gaffe, even – which averts a war.
  • (11) This communication deals with Leidy's life, his philosophy, and his unique dedication to the study of nature.
  • (12) What we do know is that we cannot and will not see this decision as a vote of no confidence, and that we will find a way to continue through our own passion and dedication to making theatre that represents the dispossessed, tells stories of the injustices of our world and changes lives.
  • (13) The second phase (1960-1980) was dedicated to a deeper understanding of the relationship between the course of therapy and its results.
  • (14) The Brookhaven National Laboratory X-ray microprobe, facilities dedicated to X-ray fluorescence, and related analytical techniques are discussed.
  • (15) The Peppers like to be jerks (at Dingwalls Swan dedicated a song to “all you whiney Britishers who can suck my American cock”), but don’t let the surface attitude fool you.
  • (16) A whole website ( nicecupofteaandasitdown.com ) is now dedicated to choosing the best biscuit for the job.
  • (17) The fight against Britain's biggest killer diseases could be hit by NHS plans to cut the number of dedicated teams of experts widely lauded for their work to improve care, doctors and health charities have warned.
  • (18) She insists she has no regrets about dedicating herself to the man millions admired but few really got to know.
  • (19) In the late 1990s, after airlines were roundly criticized for ignoring desperate requests for information after crashes, Congress required carriers to dedicate significant attention to families of passengers.
  • (20) The bank told staff that sales of such products are driven by “trigger points” in customer lives and that it was no longer economical to have a dedicated network of advisers selling critical illness and income protection products.

Sacred


Definition:

  • (a.) Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service.
  • (a.) Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred history.
  • (a.) Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
  • (a.) Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
  • (a.) Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; -- with to.
  • (a.) Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As commander in chief, I believe that taking care of our veterans and their families is a sacred obligation.
  • (2) He sought only to help the Syrian people and I ask you for all that is sacred to help us and allow him to return home safely to those he loves and those who love him.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest John Cantlie in Syria in 2012.
  • (3) My Paul Nuttalls routine has floated back up the U-bend | Stewart Lee Read more Nuttall told Marr that “nothing should be a sacred cow in British politics.
  • (4) But among the football-faith community the legendary Anfield Road stadium is not considered a sacred site for nothing, and on this memorable night everyone felt what mighty magic can be summoned here.” Describing the match as “a classic in the illustrious history of these two clubs for years to come”, the commentator Daniel Theweleit also believed that the atmosphere at Anfield put Dortmund’s own famed fan culture into the shade: “Even those who have watched the club for centuries agreed that Dortmund has never achieved this kind of intensity.” Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung found satisfaction in seeing the German coach Jürgen Klopp exporting his magic touch across the Channel.
  • (5) 'If you meet, you drink …' Thus introduced to intoxicating liquors under auspices both secular and sacred, the offering of alms for oblivion I took to be the custom of the country in which I had been born.
  • (6) The Bernabéu blockade was dismantled, by necessity, in favour of an approach far closer the sacred Real tradition.
  • (7) Money should not shape the outcome; this sacred and ancient landscape is irreplaceable and unique for so many reasons, we cannot afford to get this wrong.
  • (8) Many in Khomeini’s inner circle opposed making peace, arguing that the “sacred defence” had to continue until Saddam’s rule collapsed.
  • (9) It is a sacred moment, and you feel blessed merely to have witnessed it.
  • (10) In short, Bamako remains uneasy, and the "sacred union" of the last few days can only be temporary.
  • (11) Cynics will tell you Camra’s membership know all about identity crises – once the rebels of the 1970s, they’re now mostly older dads and grandads – purists upholding Camra’s “cask only” creed as sacred.
  • (12) McLaughlin, the daughter of LaDonna Brave Bull Allard , a Standing Rock Sioux tribe member and founder of the Sacred Stone camp , is one of hundreds of women who have led the growing movement to stop the $3.7bn project threatening their land and culture .
  • (13) We concluded that the sacU gene does not affect sacB expression at the level of secretion but acts on a target within sacR.
  • (14) Faces of the North Dakota pipeline protest: 'Sacred land is who we are' Read more When I asked that question, I was thinking about what I heard from climate activist and environmental lawyer Carolyn Raffensperger, who had spent time at the camp earlier and has a long history in the area.
  • (15) Druids and New Age followers still claim the site as their sacred place.
  • (16) The performances come after the intended release on 24 September of the new LP, which is Sting's first album of original material since 2003's Sacred Love.
  • (17) But what is fundamental, sacred even, is the audience.
  • (18) The only thing she wouldn't do was We Shall Overcome, too sacred to perform on a whim she tells me when I meet her later, besides which - and here she giggles - "we probably won't overcome.
  • (19) Frustrated not over economics but “sacred rights”, they were willing to sacrifice “our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor” against the world’s mightiest empire.
  • (20) It’s a great tragedy.” All Yazidi celebrations, such as weddings and the party-like annual pilgrimage to their sacred temple, Lalish, have been put on hold.