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

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

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

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

But they must demand no sacrosanctity for their position.

From The Book of This and That by Lynd, Robert