sacrosanctity
Noun
Meaning
sacrosanctity (countable and uncountable, plural sacrosanctities)
The quality of being sacrosanct.
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Examples
Anyone who violated the sacrosanctity of the tribunes might be killed without penalty.
Due to their unique power of sacrosanctity, the Tribune had no need for lictors for protection and owned no imperium, nor could they wear the toga praetexta.
All of the powers of the tribune derived from their sacrosanctity.
Their sacrosanctity was enforced by a pledge, taken by the plebeians, to kill any person who harmed or interfered with a tribune during his term of office.
This was not the first time Caesar had violated a tribune's sacrosanctity.