This adjective ('sa krow sankt) means treated as if holy: immune from criticism or violation. Sacrosanct is used in a review of a book on composer Mahler.
"One thing seems certain, however: Mahler's own conducting would probably have displeased today's audiences, and this notwithstanding the vogue for many of his interpretative licenses. To mention only one objection, he totally disregarded the historically correct. Treating the classics as sacred but far from sacrosanct, he had no qualms about revising their instrumentation..."
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