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▪ I. sacral, a.1 Anat.|ˈseɪkrəl| [ad. mod.L. sacrālis, f. sacr-um: see -al1.] Pertaining to the sacrum.
1767Gooch Treat. Wounds I. 423 Pain in the groins, pubes and sacral region. 1827Abernethy Surg. Wks. I. 111 Disease had taken place in the bone..and had affected the sacral nerves. 1872Mivart Elem. Anat. 27 Five or six sacral vertebræ coalesce to form the sacrum. b. Used by Barclay for: Belonging to the lower part of the body. (Cf. sacrad.)
1803Barclay New Anat. Nomencl. 120 Instead of the words Superior and Inferior, I would therefore propose Atlantal and Sacral. 1808― Muscular Motions p. xx, An aspect..towards the region where the sacrum is situated [is] sacral. 1814Wishart tr. Scarpa's Treat. Hernia i. 20 The superior one [i.e. portion of the external oblique] is larger than the inferior [note Sacral] portion. c. quasi-n. = sacral vertebra.
1854Owen Skel. & Teeth in Orr's Circ. Sci., Org. Nat. I. 200 In the..iguana the pleurapophyses of the first caudal incline backwards as much as those of the second sacral do forwards. 1890Coues Ornith. ii. iv. 208 These sacrals proper are at or near the middle of the whole sacral mass. ▪ II. sacral, a.2 orig. Anthrop.|ˈseɪkrəl, ˈsækrəl| [f. L. sacr-um sacred thing, rite, etc. (neut. sing. of sacer sacred) + -al1. Cf. G. sacral.] Of or pertaining to sacred rites and observances; set apart for a religious purpose, sacred; pertaining to that which is sacred.
1882A. J. Evans in Archæologia XLVIII. 77 A sacrificial knife, the use of which was possibly not unconnected with the sacral functions of these Naronese Seviri. 1899J. S. Reid in Classical Rev. July 312/1 They found it, not in the living language,..but in sacral or legal formulæ alone. 1901A. J. Evans in Jrnl. Hellen. Stud. XXI. 181 Sacral Gateways or Portal Shrines. 1901F. W. Maitland in Soc. Eng. (illustr. ed.) I. 415 The arms..possibly..have been in use for this sacral purpose [sc. trial by battle]. 1912J. E. Harrison Themis p. xi, The dromenon in its sacral sense is, not merely a thing done, but a thing re-done, or pre-done with magical intent. 1958R. F. C. Hull tr. Jung's Psychol. & Relig. in Coll. Wks. XI. 350 Any sacral action, in whatever form, works like a vessel for receiving the contents of the unconscious. 1974R. Helms Tolkien's World i. 24 Tolkien's profoundly suggestive insights into the sacral nature of the human imagination parallel Blake's rather than Arnold's. 1977Church Times 10 June 10/2 A kind of apostolic succession of kingship, temporal and sacral intermingled to form a regal high priesthood. 1977J. N. M. Wijngaards Did Christ rule out Women Priests? vii. 66 The Old Testament priests had to offer frequently at specified sacral times. 1979N.Y. Rev. Bks. 25 Oct. 15/1 Moon recently announced in that sacral third person he uses in public appearances, ‘he will go to Germany.’ |