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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sacrosanct /ˈsakrə(ʊ)saŋ(k)t, ˈseɪk-/

▶adjective regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with.

– derivatives
sacrosanctity noun.

– origin C15: from L. sacrosanctus, from sacro ‘by a sacred rite’ (ablative of sacrum) + sanctus ‘holy’.

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