Re: oh please.

I think Mike is supporting Sarah's use of 'sacred' in the well known secular
sense.

Tune in next time to on *Words' True Functions* (WTF) when Bill Clinton
explains the definition of what 'is' is.  ; )

Johne Cook
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On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Mike Findlay <[email protected]>wrote:

>  sa·cred   <http://app.reference.com/signup/popup?source=favorites&fnCallback=loginuser&callbackAction=addToFav>
> /ˈseɪkrɪd/ <http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html> *Show
> Spelled*[*sey*-krid]
> <http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/Spell_pron_key.html> *Show IPA*
>  *–adjective *
> 1. devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose;
> consecrated.
> 2. entitled to veneration or religious respect by association with
> divinity or divine things; holy.
> 3. pertaining to or connected with religion ( opposed to secular<http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/secular>
> or profane <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/profane>): *sacred
> music; sacred books. *
> 4. reverently dedicated to some person, purpose, or object: *a morning
> hour sacred to study. *
> 5. regarded with reverence: *the sacred memory of a dead hero. *
> 6. secured against violation, infringement, etc., as by reverence or sense
> of right: *sacred oaths; sacred rights. *
> 7. properly immune from violence, interference, etc., as a person or
> office.
>
> Only someone who has it in for Palin would be focusing on her referring to
> the constitution as a sacred document as if it is unusual.  4-7 easily apply
> to her use of the word.  Give me a break.
>
> Mike F.
>
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