sacred duties
Inviolable moral charges
Sacred duties are obligations felt to be inviolable—responsibilities so fundamental they carry moral or spiritual weight.
The phrase suggests duties that transcend personal convenience or preference: He considered providing for his family a sacred duty.
Often used with slight irony for mundane responsibilities treated with excessive seriousness: I can't miss the game—it's a sacred duty.
- holy obligationReligiously required commitment
- justiceFair treatment under law
- serviceAid or maintenance
- oath takingFormal pledge administration
- rites of passageCeremonies marking major transitions
last rites · prayer · daily devotions · fasting · faithfulness · compassion · ceremonial dance · mentorship · bearing witness · stewardship · pilgrimage · breaking bread · confession · humility · seasonal festivals · reverence · liturgy · accountability
- animal ethicsanimal ethics, animal welfare, animal rights, animal protection, animal liberation
sacred dutiessacrilege
Violation of the hallowed
desecrations · sins · abominations · transgressions · impieties
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