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 the best of all possible clubs, and he supposed that he would be expelled for profaning its sacrosanctity with a vulgar brawl.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert

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 sacrosanctity of the status quo had been violated, and violated with the active aid of three of the powers of the continental alliance: Russia, France and Great Britain.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

To remove the centre of the government from that sacrosanctity must have been a great surprise to the metropolitans.

From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Hara, Katsuro