sacred /sāˈkrid/

1. Consecrated
2. Devoted
3. Set apart or dedicated to religious use, esp to God
4. Holy
5. Emanating from God
6. Religious
7. Entitled to veneration or worship
8. Not to be violated, breached, etc
9. Accursed (rare)

saˈcredly adverb

saˈcredness noun

sacred ape noun

The hanuman of India

sacred beetle noun

An Egyptian scarab

sacred cat noun

The house cat of Egypt, sacred to Pasht or Bast

Sacred College noun

The body of cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church

sacred cow noun (informal)

An institution, custom, etc, so venerated that it is above criticism (in allusion to the animal being sacrosanct in Hinduism)

• make a meal of
• make amends
• make a monkey of
• make a monkey out of
• make a mountain out of a molehill
• make a move
• make a move on
• make a muck of
• make a name for oneself
• make an appearance
• make an ass of oneself
• make-and-break
• make an errand
• make an example of
• make an exhibition of oneself
• make an honest woman of
• make a night of it
• make an issue of
• make a noise
• make a noise in the world
• make a pass at
• make a person open her eyes
• make a person open his eyes
• make a pig of oneself
• make a pig's ear of