Word of the Day for Friday December 16, 2005 sacrosanct \SAK-roh-sankt\, adjective: Sacred; inviolable. The family was viewed as sacrosanct: divorce was highly unusual and children were expected to be grateful for the sacrifices that parents, who postponed their own gratifications in forming a family, made on their behalf. --Alan Wolfe, [1]One Nation, After All Espionage is about redefining Good and Evil, the violable and the sacrosanct. --Edward Shirley, [2]Know Thine Enemy _________________________________________________________ Sacrosanct comes from Latin sacrosanctus, "consecrated with religious ceremonies, hence holy, sacred," from sacrum, "religious rite" (from sacer, "holy") + sanctus, "consecrated," from sancire, "to make sacred by a religious act." References 1. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/014027572X/ref=nosim/lexico 2. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0813335884/ref=nosim/lexico Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=9&q=sacrosanct