sacre
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sacre¹
- /ˈseɪkɚ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪkə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English sacren, sakeren (“to make holy, hallow”), from Old French sacrer (“to hallow, consecrate, anoint, dedicate”), from Latin sacrō (“to make sacred, consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós (“sacred”), from *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”).
verb sacres · sacring · sacred
- To consecrate. c. 1382-1395, John Wycliffe, Bible (Wycliffe), Exodus 28:41, And thou schalt clothe Aaron, thi brother, with alle these, and hise sones with hym. And thou schalt sacre the hondis of alle; and thou schalt halewe hem, that thei be set in preesthood to me.
sacre²
- /ˈseɪkɚ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪkə(ɹ)
noun sacres
- Alternative form of saker (“type of cannon”).
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