Gold: Gold always holds sacred meaning in Indian culture and it is bought on achieving important milestone like marriage, child birth, religious ceremonies, and festivals amongst other occasions. (blogs.bajajallianzlife.com)
(4) Political institutions became embued with sacred meaning, educational and legal institutions (and their personnel) being the manifestations previously discussed. (religion-online.org)
To me, the most significant single point is that for people today «sacred meaning does not derive from a rooted concept supported by common tradition and institutions; rather, meaning is located in the unfolding of one's own life.» (religion-online.org)