1 Formerly they believed themselves sprung from Jupiter, and shielded by their birth; but nowadays they are not inviolable.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 14. The Two Prisoners. 2 He wanted this place inviolate, shut off from the world.
3 The great inviolate place had an ancient permanence which the sea cannot claim.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 1 A Face on Which Time Makes but Little Impression 4 I know that her word is inviolate.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In I. A Scandal in Bohemia 5 His wife and his mistress, until an hour ago secure and inviolate, were slipping precipitately from his control.
6 Hence came our Lady, haunter of Cybele, the Corybantic cymbals and the grove of Ida; hence the rites of inviolate secrecy, and the lions yoked under the chariot of their mistress.