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Sacred Heart

American  

noun

Roman Catholic Church.
  1. the physical heart of Jesus, to which special devotion is offered as a symbol of His love and redemptive sacrifice.


Sacred Heart British  

noun

  1. the heart of Jesus Christ, a symbol of His love and sacrifice

  2. a representation of this, usually bleeding, as an aid to devotion

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Sacred Heart

First recorded in 1755–65

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After six weeks at Sacred Heart, she moved off the waitlist at St. Mary’s Residence on the Upper East Side, where she lived for nearly a year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Sacred Heart charged Rettig around $1,650 a month while St. Mary’s Residence ran her around $1,200 a month.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

But Bruni easily could have been talking about Sacred Heart Hospital, whose staff vacillates between bridging the compassion gap between medical professionals and patients and managing our expectations.

From Salon Feb. 26, 2026

That comedy, set in the fictional Sacred Heart Hospital, will reprise the bromance between Zach Braff and Donald Faison’s characters, which the pair recreated recently in T-Mobile commercials.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 29, 2025

In New Orleans, she gets much-needed rest at the Covent of the Sacred Heart for several days before continuing to Carville.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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