Sacre
Sa″cre (?), n. See Saker.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Sa″cre (?), n. See Saker.
Sa″cre, v. t. [F. sacrer. See Sacred.] To consecrate; to make sacred. Holland.
Sa″cred (?), a. [Originally p. p. of OE. sacren to consecrate, F. sacrer, fr. L. sacrare, fr. sacer sacred, holy, cursed. Cf. Consecrate, Execrate, Saint, Sexton.] 1. Set apart ...
{ Sacrif″ic (?), Sa‐crif″ic‐al (?) }, a. [L. sacrificus, sacrificalis. See Sacrifice.] Employed in sacrifice. Johnson.
Sa‐crif″ic‐a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being offered in sacrifice. Sir T. Browne.
Sa‐crif″ic‐ant (?), n. [L. sacrificans, p. pr. See Sacrifice.] One who offers a sacrifice.
Sac″ri‐fi‐ca′tor (?), n. A sacrificer; one who offers a sacrifice. Sir T. Browne.
Sa‐crif″ic‐a‐to‐ry (?), n. [Cf. F. sacrificatoire.] Offering sacrifice. Sherwood.
Sac″ri‐fice (?; 277), n. [OE. sacrifise, sacrifice, F. sacrifice, fr. L. sacrificium; sacer sacred + facere to make. See Sacred, and Fact.] 1. The offering of anything to God, o...
Sac″ri‐fice (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sacrificed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Sacrificing (�).] [From Sacrifice, n.: cf. F. sacrifier, L. sacrificare; sacer sacred, holy + -ficare (on...
Sac″ri‐fice, v. i. To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice.O teacher, some great mischief hath befallenTo that meek man, who...
Sac″ri‐fi′cer (?), n. One who sacrifices.
Sac′ri‐fi″cial (?), a. Of or pertaining to sacrifice or sacrifices; consisting in sacrifice; performing sacrifice. “Sacrificial rites.” Jer. Taylor.
Sac″ri‐lege (?), n. [F. sacrilège, L. sacrilegium, from sacrilegus that steals, properly, gathers or picks up, sacred things; sacer sacred + legere to gather, pick up. See Sacre...
Sac′ri‐le″gious (?), a. [From sacrilege: cf. L. sacrilegus.] Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious.Above the reach of sacrilegi...
Sac″ri‐le′gist (?), n. One guilty of sacrilege.
Sac″ring (?), a. & n. from Sacre.Sacring bell. See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus.
Sa″crist (?), n. [LL. sacrista. See Sacristan.] A sacristan; also, a person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir, and take care of the books.
Sac″ris‐tan (?), n. [F. sacristain, LL. sacrista, fr. L. sacer. See Sacred, and cf. Sexton.] An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils or movables, and of the ch...
Sac″ris‐ty (?), n.; pl.Sacristies (#). [F. sacristie, LL. sacristia, fr. L. sacer. See Sacred.] An apartment in a church where the sacred utensils, vestments, etc., are kept; a ...
Sa″cro– (�). (Anat.) A combining form denoting connection with, or relation to, the sacrum, as in sacro-coccygeal, sacro-iliac, sacrosciatic.
Sac″ro‐sanct (?), a. [L. sucrosanctus.] Sacred; inviolable. Dr. H. More.
Sa′cro‐sci‐at″ic (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the sacrum and the hip; as, the sacrosciatic foramina formed by the sacrosciatic ligaments which connect the sacrum and ...
Sa′cro‐ver″te‐bral (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sacrum and that part of the vertebral column immediately anterior to it; as, the sacrovertebral angle.
‖Sa″crum (?), n.; pl.sacra (�). [NL., fr. L. sacer sacred, os sacrum the lowest bone of the spine.] (Anat.) That part of the vertebral column which is directly connected with, o...
Sacs (sa̤ks), n. pl.; sing. Sac (�). (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians, which, together with the Foxes, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin. [Written also Sauks.]
Sad (săd), a. [Compar.Sadder (–dẽr); superl.Saddest.] [OE. sad sated, tired, satisfied, firm, steadfast, AS. sæd satisfied, sated; akin to D. zat, OS. sad, G. satt, OHG. sat, Ic...