sacralize

American  

[sey-kruh-lahyz, sak-ruh-] / ˈseɪ krəˌlaɪz, ˈsæk rə- /

especially British, sacralise

verb (used with object)

sacralized, sacralizing

1. to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion.

   a society that sacralized science.

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Other Word Forms

• sacralization noun

Etymology

Origin of sacralize

First recorded in 1930–35; sacral ¹ + -ize

Example Sentences

But Rushdoony provided a way to sacralize these ideas, and at the same time not just tear down the old order, but provide a blueprint for the new order.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2021

Professor, activist and author Maulana Karenga would ritualize and sacralize the cultural and moral underpinnings of these practices in the seven principles of Kwanzaa.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2019

Garfunkel’s hymnlike harmonies served to sacralize Simon’s songs, although the significance of this became clear only after the duo split up, in the early nineteen-seventies.

From The New Yorker • May 9, 2016

I wonder if we can evolve technologies of looking on the Web that solemnize and sacralize.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2014

But I do not like the tendency to sacralize artists and in that way raise whatever they do above earthly questioning.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2013