Sentence examples for based on sacred from inspiring English sources

The design was based on sacred and church architecture, which his interest in form and proportion had led him to.

But because there is no central religious authority in Judaism and because the religion is based on sacred texts, Judaism is marked by constant debate over textual interpretation.

Theravada Buddhism became the religion of the people, and the grandiose vision of a cultural unity based on sacred kingship disappeared.

He and the ensemble showed they can also sustain swelling tension in more contemplative pieces like Joseph Schwantner's "Music of Amber," evocative of primeval forests, or the movements of James Primosch's "Sacra Conversazione" that are based on sacred tunes.

Although the kimi exercised both secular and sacred functions, it seems that their primary focus was a priestly one, based on a sacred connection with Mount Miwa.

Still, executives say the science behind the company's testing is divorced from the Maharishi's "vedic" principles, based on the sacred writings of the Hindus.

The Pythagorean tradition, and the Egyptian and Babylonian sciences from which it derived, and Persian mathematics, a part of which reflects a Pythagorean intellectuality, are based on the sacred conception of numbers and their symbolism.

I used the example of Christianity as an alternative way to show the simplistic approach that defines religion based on ideas, sacred texts and purported ethical ethos that are actually historically dependent on human interpretation in shifting contexts.

Last year the corporation determined to arrive at a scientific definition based on one of the sacred scarves.

But Ms. Cajune said there was also an uncanny kinship between the tribal and Buddhist cultures, based on understandings of sacred landscapes, and even notions of honor and respect.

Yet our modern identity at root is based on collective, even sacred, civic commitment.