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The aim of this study is to examine the value of the sacred, which is one of the two basic psychological
pillars of religion along with meaning, in the process of the religious individual's search for meaning. As it is
known, religion is located at the intersection of sacred and meaning. Some researchers have even stated that
religion is nothing more than a process of searching for this sacred. According to some, the nature that exists
in man in the existential sense, which leads him to become religious, is the same thing as the sense of holiness and sanctity. For this reason, it is possible to say that the sacred is quite functional in the religious
development of man. However, it can be said that this sense of holiness is largely the source of the psychological energy needed by the religious person in the process of searching for meaning when faced with negative life events. While this is the case, it is seen that people who encounter negative life events often miss the
value of this sense of holiness mentioned in the process of religious coping and searching for meaning. It has
been determined that a small part of the relevant studies are carried out in the context of spirituality and an
overwhelming part in the context of religiosity. However, considering the field of study of the science of
Psychology of Religion, it can be said that it is a necessity to examine the function of the sense of holiness in
man's search for meaning. In the study, one of the aims of which is to draw attention to this deficiency, the
psychological value of the sense of holiness in the search for meaning of the religious individual is examined
within the framework of primary and secondary sources. The results have been shown to support ideas that a
sense of holiness can have positive effects on man's search for meaning.