Sacrosanct

Something that’s “sacrosanct” (SAK-roh-sangkt) – from the Latin – is extremely sacred or inviolable; above or beyond criticism, change, or interference.

Example (as used by Dawn Drzal in a New York Times review of Immoveable Feast by John Baxter): “How the boy from a town in New South Wales where olive oil was sold only in pharmacies became the man who now cooks the sacrosanct Christmas dinner for a clan of fastidious Parisians is as important a part of this book as the annual dinner itself.”

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