sacrosanctity
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It’s hard not to wonder if the argument is really about the technique or the sacrosanctity of DNA.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2014
It was then that I learned the sacrosanctity of private papers.
From The Belovéd Vagabond by William John Locke
But my boyish appreciation of the Bishop's mundane qualities was equaled by my faith in the sacrosanctity of his office.
From Memoirs of Life and Literature by W. H. (William Hurrell) Mallock
When he saw, however, that mob law was about to usurp the place of the Republican institutions for which he had striven, he leaned towards the court and advocated the sacrosanctity of the King's person.
From The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) by Various
The suggestion is not on the face of it paradoxical, but it will be rank heresy to those who blame the public for not bowing down before the sacrosanctity of the "serious" author.
From Personality in Literature by Rolfe Arnold Scott-James