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inviolate

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in·vi·o·late  (n-v-lt)
adj.
Not violated or profaned; intact: "The great inviolate place had an ancient permanence which the sea cannot claim" (Thomas Hardy).

[Middle English, from Latin invioltus : in-, not; see in-1 + violtus, past participle of violre, to violate; see violate.]

in·vio·la·cy (-l-s), in·vio·late·ness n.
in·vio·late·ly adv.

inviolate [ɪnˈvaɪəlɪt -ˌleɪt]
adj
1. free from violation, injury, disturbance, etc.
2. a less common word for inviolable
inviolacy , inviolateness n
inviolately  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.inviolate - (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; "she was intact, virginal"
uninjured - not injured physically or mentally
2.inviolate - must be kept sacred
sacred - concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music"

inviolate
Translations
inviolate [ɪnˈvaɪəlɪt] ADJ [land, possessions] → intacto (liter) [woman] → intacto, sin mancillar(liter)
inviolate
adj (form) honourunbeschadet; rightsunangetastet
inviolate [ɪnˈvaɪəlɪt] adjinviolato/a
inviolate [ɪnˈvaɪəlɪt] adjinviolato/a


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Preserved by three Brahmins, the inviolate deity, bearing the Yellow Diamond in its forehead, was removed by night, and was transported to the second of the sacred cities of India-- the city of Benares.
Outwardly, dark green arms keep them inviolate from curious or indifferent eyes.
A part of the duty of this body, as marked out by the constitution, was "to inquire whether the constitution had been preserved inviolate in every part; and whether the legislative and executive branches of government had performed their duty as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves, or exercised, other or greater powers than they are entitled to by the constitution.
 
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