This sounds a lot like one of the anthropological meanings of taboo. Is it a most popular usage, but it will suit your purposes? American Heritage Dictionary (http://www.thefreedictionary.org/en/). com M-N (bolding

added): n. com. What are the advantages of using and knowing virtual instruments in your daily life. 2.
a. a. of. the. c. of. the. d. c. the..? b. A prohibition in Polynesia, or elsewhere in the South Pacific Islander, prohibiting use, approach, or mention of something because of its sacred and inviolable nature.
b. An object, word or activity protected by such a prohibition.

I think the connotations work especially well with your example—the horse is reserved for the use of the king, simultaneously exalted and forbidden, and presumably protected by means of custom and fear of reprisal rather than through more physical means (the horse isn’t kept in a safe).

This sounds a lot like one of the anthropological meanings of taboo. Is it a most popular usage, but it will suit your purposes? American Heritage Dictionary (http://www.thefreedictionary.org/en/). com M-N (bolding

added): n. com. What are the advantages of using and knowing virtual instruments in your daily life. 2.
a. a. of. the. c. of. the. d. c. the..? b. A prohibition in Polynesia, or elsewhere in the South Pacific Islander, prohibiting use, approach, or mention of something because of its sacred and inviolable nature.
b. An object, word or activity protected by such a prohibition.

I think the connotations work especially well with your example—the horse is reserved for the use of the king, simultaneously exalted and forbidden, and presumably protected by means of custom and fear of reprisal rather than through more physical means (the horse isn’t kept in a safe).

This sounds a lot like one of the anthropological meanings of taboo. Is it a most popular usage, but it will suit your purposes? American Heritage Dictionary (http://www.thefreedictionary.org/en/). com M-N (bolding

added): n. com. What are the advantages of using and knowing virtual instruments in your daily life. 2.
a. a. of. the. c. of. the. d. c. the..? b. A prohibition in Polynesia, or elsewhere in the South Pacific Islander, prohibiting use, approach, or mention of something because of its sacred and inviolable nature.
b. An object, word or activity protected by such a prohibition.

I think the connotations work especially well with your example—the horse is reserved for the use of the king, simultaneously exalted and forbidden, and presumably protected by means of custom and fear of reprisal rather than through more physical means (the horse isn’t kept in a safe).

This sounds a lot like one of the anthropological meanings of taboo. Is it a most popular usage, but it will suit your purposes? American Heritage Dictionary (http://www.thefreedictionary.org/en/). com M-N (bolding

added): n. com. What are the advantages of using and knowing virtual instruments in your daily life. 2.
a. a. of. the. c. of. the. d. c. the..? b. A prohibition in Polynesia, or elsewhere in the South Pacific Islander, prohibiting use, approach, or mention of something because of its sacred and inviolable nature.
b. An object, word or activity protected by such a prohibition.

I think the connotations work especially well with your example—the horse is reserved for the use of the king, simultaneously exalted and forbidden, and presumably protected by means of custom and fear of reprisal rather than through more physical means (the horse isn’t kept in a safe).

This sounds a lot like one of the anthropological meanings of taboo. Is it a most popular usage, but it will suit your purposes? American Heritage Dictionary (http://www.thefreedictionary.org/en/). com M-N (bolding

added): n. com. What are the advantages of using and knowing virtual instruments in your daily life. 2.
a. a. of. the. c. of. the. d. c. the..? b. A prohibition in Polynesia, or elsewhere in the South Pacific Islander, prohibiting use, approach, or mention of something because of its sacred and inviolable nature.
b. An object, word or activity protected by such a prohibition.

I think the connotations work especially well with your example—the horse is reserved for the use of the king, simultaneously exalted and forbidden, and presumably protected by means of custom and fear of reprisal rather than through more physical means (the horse isn’t kept in a safe).

This sounds a lot like one of the anthropological meanings of taboo. Is it a most popular usage, but it will suit your purposes? American Heritage Dictionary (http://www.thefreedictionary.org/en/). com M-N (bolding

added): n. com. What are the advantages of using and knowing virtual instruments in your daily life. 2.
a. a. of. the. c. of. the. d. c. the..? b. A prohibition in Polynesia, or elsewhere in the South Pacific Islander, prohibiting use, approach, or mention of something because of its sacred and inviolable nature.
b. An object, word or activity protected by such a prohibition.

I think the connotations work especially well with your example—the horse is reserved for the use of the king, simultaneously exalted and forbidden, and presumably protected by means of custom and fear of reprisal rather than through more physical means (the horse isn’t kept in a safe).

This sounds a lot like one of the anthropological meanings of taboo. Is it a most popular usage, but it will suit your purposes? American Heritage Dictionary (http://www.thefreedictionary.org/en/). com M-N (bolding

added): n. com. What are the advantages of using and knowing virtual instruments in your daily life. 2.
a. a. of. the. c. of. the. d. c. the..? b. A prohibition in Polynesia, or elsewhere in the South Pacific Islander, prohibiting use, approach, or mention of something because of its sacred and inviolable nature.
b. An object, word or activity protected by such a prohibition.

I think the connotations work especially well with your example—the horse is reserved for the use of the king, simultaneously exalted and forbidden, and presumably protected by means of custom and fear of reprisal rather than through more physical means (the horse isn’t kept in a safe).

This sounds a lot like one of the anthropological meanings of taboo. Is it a most popular usage, but it will suit your purposes? American Heritage Dictionary (http://www.thefreedictionary.org/en/). com M-N (bolding

added): n. com. What are the advantages of using and knowing virtual instruments in your daily life. 2.
a. a. of. the. c. of. the. d. c. the..? b. A prohibition in Polynesia, or elsewhere in the South Pacific Islander, prohibiting use, approach, or mention of something because of its sacred and inviolable nature.
b. An object, word or activity protected by such a prohibition.

I think the connotations work especially well with your example—the horse is reserved for the use of the king, simultaneously exalted and forbidden, and presumably protected by means of custom and fear of reprisal rather than through more physical means (the horse isn’t kept in a safe).

This sounds a lot like one of the anthropological meanings of taboo. Is it a most popular usage, but it will suit your purposes? American Heritage Dictionary (http://www.thefreedictionary.org/en/). com M-N (bolding

added): n. com. What are the advantages of using and knowing virtual instruments in your daily life. 2.
a. a. of. the. c. of. the. d. c. the..? b. A prohibition in Polynesia, or elsewhere in the South Pacific Islander, prohibiting use, approach, or mention of something because of its sacred and inviolable nature.
b. An object, word or activity protected by such a prohibition.

I think the connotations work especially well with your example—the horse is reserved for the use of the king, simultaneously exalted and forbidden, and presumably protected by means of custom and fear of reprisal rather than through more physical means (the horse isn’t kept in a safe).

This sounds a lot like one of the anthropological meanings of taboo. Is it a most popular usage, but it will suit your purposes? American Heritage Dictionary (http://www.thefreedictionary.org/en/). com M-N (bolding

added): n. com. What are the advantages of using and knowing virtual instruments in your daily life. 2.
a. a. of. the. c. of. the. d. c. the..? b. A prohibition in Polynesia, or elsewhere in the South Pacific Islander, prohibiting use, approach, or mention of something because of its sacred and inviolable nature.
b. An object, word or activity protected by such a prohibition.

I think the connotations work especially well with your example—the horse is reserved for the use of the king, simultaneously exalted and forbidden, and presumably protected by means of custom and fear of reprisal rather than through more physical means (the horse isn’t kept in a safe).