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Meaning of sacralization | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
seɪkɹəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n

Definitions

  1. The endowment of something with sacred qualities; making sacred.
  2. A developmental abnormality in which the first sacral vertebra becomes fused with the fifth lumbar veterbra.

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Examples

“The spirituality of hunters and gatherers is a sacralization of everyday life, but once we move to maintain a formal priesthood, we also move to split experience into the sacred and the profane.”
“The sacralization of arbitrary lines on a map may seem illogical, but there is a rationale to the respecting of norms, even arbitrary and unjustifiable ones.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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