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“sacred”

15 fragments across 11 traditions carry this sense. 12 of them open a name against 3 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 4 different families, from real world outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Celtic, has 3.

Celtic


Real world

Nemeto initial · nemetos final · nemeta final

  • Nemetocatus

    Nemeto sacred + catus battle

    sacred battle

  • Nemetoepos

    Nemeto sacred + epos steed

    sacred steed

  • Nemetodubnos

    Nemeto sacred + dubnos deep

    sacred deep

  • Dubnonemetos

    Dubno deep + nemetos sacred

    deep sacred

  • Carnonemetos

    Carno horn + nemetos sacred

    horn sacred

  • Lanonemetos

    Lano plain + nemetos sacred

    plain sacred

  • Vindonemeta

    Vindo white + nemeta sacred

    white sacred

  • Brigonemeta

    Brigo eminence + nemeta sacred

    eminence sacred

  • Vironemeta

    Viro man + nemeta sacred

    man sacred

Unicorn


Creatures

Sacr initial · Sacra initial · Sacri initial

  • Sacrpont

    Sacr sacred + pont bridge

    sacred bridge

  • Sacrespoir

    Sacr sacred + espoir hope

    sacred hope

  • Sacrpoil

    Sacr sacred + poil coat of hair

    sacred coat of hair

  • Sacravoie

    Sacra sacred + voie way

    sacred way

  • Sacrasante

    Sacra sacred + sante health

    sacred health

  • Sacrafonteine

    Sacra sacred + fonteine spring

    sacred spring

  • Sacrirefugium

    Sacri sacred + refugium refuge

    sacred refuge

  • Sacripratum

    Sacri sacred + pratum meadow

    sacred meadow

  • Sacriomen

    Sacri sacred + omen portent

    sacred portent

Centaur


Creatures

Hiero initial

  • Hieroboule

    Hiero sacred + boule counsel

    sacred counsel

  • Hieromede

    Hiero sacred + mede cunning

    sacred cunning

  • Hierokorymbe

    Hiero sacred + korymbe berry cluster

    sacred berry cluster

Greek


Real world

Hiero initial

  • Hieromedes

    Hiero sacred + medes cunning

    sacred cunning

  • Hieropatros

    Hiero sacred + patros father

    sacred father

  • Hieroponos

    Hiero sacred + ponos toil

    sacred toil

Hawaiian


Real world

laa final

  • Koalaa

    Koa warrior + laa sacred

    sacred warrior

  • Nalulaa

    Nalu wave + laa sacred

    sacred wave

  • Ualaa

    Ua rain + laa sacred

    sacred rain

Island


Objects

Holy initial

  • Holynaze

    Holy sacred + naze headland

    sacred headland

  • Holyatoll

    Holy sacred + atoll ring reef

    sacred ring reef

  • Holyspit

    Holy sacred + spit sand spit

    sacred sand spit

Kingdom


Objects

Gral initial

  • Gralstead

    Gral sacred + stead settlement

    sacred settlement

  • Gralholm

    Gral sacred + holm island

    sacred island

  • Grallund

    Gral sacred + lund grove

    sacred grove

Lich


Creatures

Hiero initial

  • Hierokeramion

    Hiero sacred + keramion earthen jar

    sacred earthen jar

  • Hierohypomnema

    Hiero sacred + hypomnema memorandum

    sacred memorandum

  • Hierokatalogos

    Hiero sacred + katalogos list

    sacred list

Minotaur


Creatures

Hiera initial

  • Hieradamalis

    Hiera sacred + damalis heifer

    sacred heifer

  • Hierachele

    Hiera sacred + chele cloven hoof

    sacred cloven hoof

  • Hieraphile

    Hiera sacred + phile loving

    sacred loving

Paladin


Tabletop

Sacra initial

  • Sacrator

    Sacra sacred + tor victor

    sacred victor

  • Sacratain

    Sacra sacred + tain holding

    sacred holding

  • Sacraward

    Sacra sacred + ward protective keeping

    sacred protective keeping

Viking


Real world

Ve initial

  • Vetryggr

    Ve sacred + tryggr trusty

    sacred trusty

  • Verek

    Ve sacred + rek ruler

    sacred ruler

  • Veulfr

    Ve sacred + ulfr wolf

    sacred wolf

Senses that travel together

See also

Each of these shares at least two traditions with “sacred”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.

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