sacral
nounEtymology From Modern Latin sacrālis, from Latin sacrum (“sacred, holy”) + -ālis.
1
Any of the sacral bones that make up the sacrum.
sacral
adj/ˈseɪkɹəl/ · /ˈsækɹəl/
Etymology From Modern Latin sacrālis, from Latin sacrum (“sacred, holy”) + -ālis.
2
Sacred.
- An old site with sacral connotations.2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 877:
- Compromise is awkward when religion is involved, and the several South Asian writing systems are considered sacral.2005, Richard Oliver Collin, Revolutionary scripts: the politics of writing systems:
- Derived terms
30 terms
bulbosacral, caudosacral, cervicothoracolumbosacral, craniosacral, dorsosacral, extrasacral, iliosacral, ischiosacral, lumbosacral, nonsacral, occipitosacral, parasacral, postsacral, presacral, rectosacral, sacral dimple, sacralgia, sacrality, sacralize, sacrally, sacral nerve, sacral vertebra, spinosacral, subsacral, supersacral, suprasacral, transsacral, urosacral, uterosacral, vertebrosacral