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sacred duty

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sacred
adjective
uk /ˈseɪ.krɪd/ us /ˈseɪ.krɪd/
considered to be holy and deserving respect, especially because of a connection with ...
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duty
noun[C or U]
uk /ˈdʒuː.ti/ us /ˈduː.t̬i/
something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing ...
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Examples of sacred duty


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It is an imperative that many on both sides still regard as a sacredduty.
Consequently, the army both grew highly sensitive towards any criticism and felt that maintenance of the social order and unity of the fatherland was their sacredduty.
Some people seem to think that it is a sacredduty to educate and elevate.
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It is the sacredduty of the state and society to do so.
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So joining forces in order to ensure that these rights are respected is our sacredduty.
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He sees it as his sacredduty to preserve the status quo.
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But academic freedom can be hollow indeed and may even be used dangerously unless it discharges its sacredduty to academic quality.
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They held that it interfered with the sacredduty of private enterprise; and that it imposed upon private builders grave restrictions on their personal liberty.
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We will take it as our first and most sacredduty to see that the harmless and the innocent shall not suffer actual physical privation.
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The sacredduty of each of us is to contravene such an unprecedented oppression.
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All male patients are our brothers and nursing them is our sacredduty.
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For him the art of healing was a vocation and a sacredduty.
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In her view there is meaning in nature and it is the poet's sacredduty to uncover this.
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It was their sacredduty to maintain the standards and legacy of the games, as well as uphold the rules.
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Article 52 states that the defence of the fatherland ("patria") is the sacredduty of every citizen.
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We have a sacredduty to remember the cruelty that occurred here, and to prevent such atrocities from happening again.
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Safety first ought to be the first charge and to apply every one of its principles ought to be the sacredduty of everybody using the roads of the country.
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There ought to be an officer attached to every portion of the theatres of war, deputed with the sacredduty of making a proper defence of every accused soldier.
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Perfect thyself, and guard ever against pride, for it is a sacredduty to foster new growth, nurture growing things, and work for rebirth and renewal.
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Even enemies are regarded as guests if they enter the home and being hospitable to them as one would with any other guest is a sacredduty.
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