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

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 Scott-James, Rolfe Arnold

In the same year Octavian was granted the tribunician sacrosanctity and the right to sit on the tribune’s bench in the Senate.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

I'll find me a lodging somewhere at hand, since my fond sire is determined I shall pollute no longer the sacrosanctity of his dwelling.

From The Lion's Skin by Sabatini, Rafael

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