45 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 spiritual retreat
Explanation:
Hi Susan - since you have hardly any context, it's very difficult to be sure what they're referring to. It's certainly not a fixed expression with one meaning.
The company offers construction services, including shopping centers, conference centers, community centers, hospitals, and "sacred space."
What it conveys to me is a quiet place to pray maybe or a kind of spiritual retreat. It's quite possible that the term is used to avoid associations with any particular religion or even religion at all.
Think of feng shui, for example.
Besides a church, it could also be a room or maybe a garden a spiritual retreat.
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Note added at 50 mins (2006-12-16 03:45:55 GMT)
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We all need a place of refuge from the stresses of daily living. Many of us seek time out in our own private havens, be it the study or a corner of our room surrounded by favorite books, a place of quiet reflection and spiritual regeneration. How much more is such a place needed in a hospital, where the daily experience is one of shock, loss, reassessment, high drama, joy, beginnings and endings. In October 2000 a large public hospital in suburban Dandenong, Melbourne, Australia, introduced a unique experiment for such a place of refuge called "The Sacred Space."
Like many modern communities, Dandenong is made up of people from many different ethnic and religious backgrounds. It seemed inappropriate to have the usual hospital chapel devoted to only one path of religious expression. In consultation with representatives of all the major faiths in the area, a new place of consolation, prayer, and healing was designed, a place where people of all faiths -- Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs, Baha'i, Jews, and those of no outer faith adherence -- might find welcome, peace, silence, and healing comfort.
http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sunrise/50-00-1/br-rooke...
| Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 23:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 40
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Asker: No, you are right Kim, there is hardly any context at all. Me just as puzzled as you by the ambiguity.
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56 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +10 dedicated to some religious purpose
Explanation:
Definitions of sacred space on the Web:
Place of worship defined by the circle (qv). Wherever and whenever you may need it.
www.druidnetwork.org/lightning/glossary
Any Space designated specifically for the interaction of Individuals and The Divine Forces of this Cosmos, including but not limited to Sites for Celebrations, Individual's Personal Altars, and other Physical, Mental and Spiritual Spaces.
gardenoflifetemple.com/02WhoWeAre/DefinitionsS.html
Definitions of sacred on the Web:
concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music"
worthy of respect or dedication; "saw motherhood as woman's sacred calling"
consecrated: made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use; "a consecrated chursh"; "the sacred mosque"; "sacred elephants"; "sacred bread and wine"; "sanctified wine"
hallowed: worthy of religious veneration; "the sacred name of Jesus"; "Jerusalem's hallowed soil"
(often followed by `to') devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person; "a fund sacred to charity"; "a morning hour sacred to study"; "a private office sacred to the President"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
In various religions, sacred (from Latin, sacrum, "sacrifice"; or simply in English, "holy") objects, places or concepts are believed by followers to be intimately connected with the supernatural, or divinity, and are thus greatly revered. For example, pagans consider the Earth sacred, while Roman Catholics consider the transubstantiated host sacred. Reverence is the "deep respect and veneration for some thing, place, or person regarded as having a sacred or exalted character." OED
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred
Sacred is a PC role-playing game, released in 2004, with characters of various races (dark elf, wood elf, vampiress, etc.) each with their own missions.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_(game)
adj. Dedicated to some religious purpose; having a divine character; inspiring solemn thoughts or emotions; as, the Dalai Lama of Thibet; the Moogum of M'bwango; the temple of Apes in Ceylon; the Cow in India; the Crocodile, the Cat and the Onion of ancient Egypt; the Mufti of Moosh; the hair of the dog that bit Noah, etc.
www.fun-with-words.com/devil_s1.html
things and actions set apart as religious or spiritual which are entitled to reverence.
oregonstate.edu/instruct/anth370/gloss.html
Many ancient peoples have attached great importance to animals in their rituals; and they may have had facts to support their theories. If the hierarchical system of the universe is a reality, it follows that every animal is a feeble representative on its plane of comic potencies that descend from lofty sources. ...
www.theosociety.org/pasadena/etgloss/am-ani.htm
(Hebrew zizit ). Specially prepared fringes fastened to the four corners of the arba kanfot (literally, "four-corners"), a garment worn by all pious males underneath the jacket or frock coat, usually with the fringes showing. The latter play a part in the daily ritual.
digital.library.upenn.edu/women/antin/land/land-21.html
Worthy of or regarded with religious worship, and/or respect.
regentsprep.org/Regents/global/vocab/topic.cfm
| David Hollywood
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Native speaker of: English
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