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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...
Object held sacred
Object held sacred, the word 'object' has to be interpreted 'ejusdem generis' with a place of worship. Interpreted like that,it would mean that the section would apply only to cases where an idol in a temple is sought to be destroyed, damaged, or defiled. The words 'any object held sacred by any class of persons' even otherwise will apply only to idols in a temple or when they are carried out in processions on festival occasions, A. Veerabhadran Chettiar v. E.V. Ramaswami Naicker, AIR 1955 Mad 550. (Indian Penal Code, s. 295)Any object however trivial or destitute of real value in itself, if regarded as sacred by any class of persons would come within the meaning of the Penal Section, Veerabadran Chettiari v. E. V. Ramaswami Naicker, AIR 1958 SC 1032 (1035): 1959 SCR 1211. (Indian Penal Code, s. 295)...
Sacring
a amp n from Sacre...
Desecrate
To divest of a sacred character or office to divert from a sacred purpose to violate the sanctity of to profane to put to an unworthy use the opposite of consecrate...
Hagiology
The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons a narrative of the lives of the saints a catalogue of saints...
Halidom
Holiness sanctity sacred oath sacred things sanctuary used chiefly in oaths...
Hierarch
One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things the chief of a sacred order as princely hierarchs...
Profanation
The act of violating sacred things or of treating them with contempt or irreverence irreverent or too familiar treatment or use of what is sacred desecration as the profanation of the Sabbath the profanation of a sanctuary the profanation of the name of God...
Hierarchy
Hierarchy [fr. Iepos, Gk., sacred, and apxn, government], the body or persons who have the direction in religious concerns and things sacred.Of whatever denominations may be the persons who take the lead in conducting religious rites, whether they be styled presbyters, elders, ministers, priests, or bishops, they virtually, and according to the true and real meaning of the term, constitute a hierarchy. Hierarchy subsists as much among the chief ministers of the Church of Geneva or of Scotland as in the Church of Rome or of England....
Om
Om, the expression 'Om' is respected by the Hindus generally and has a special significance in the Hindu scriptures. It is recited at the commence-ment of the recitations of Hindu religious works. Macdonell in his 'A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary' states that 'Om' is the sacred syllable used in invocations, at the commencement of prayers, at the beginning and the end of Vedic recitation, and as a respectful salutation: it is a subject of many mystical speculations. In the Sanskrit-English Dictionary by Monier-William it is said that 'Om' is a sacred exclamation which may be uttered at the beginning and end of a reading of the Vedas or previously to any prayer; it is also regarded as a particle of auspicious salutation. To 'Om' high spiritual or mystical efficacy is undoubtedly ascribed; but its use on a flag ('Om Dhwaj') does not symbolise religion, or anything religious, Jagdev Singh Sidhanti v. Pratap Singh Daulta, AIR 1965 SC 183: (1964) 6 SCR 750....
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