† sacren.¹

Etymology: < Old French sacre, of twofold formation: (1) in sense 1, < Latin sacrum , originally neuter of sacer adjective, sacred; (2) in sense 2, a verbal noun from sacre-r to consecrate (see sacre v.¹).

Obsolete.

1. A religious observance or festival; plural rites of worship.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun]

tidea900

holidayc950

massOE

holy-daya1000

mass-dayOE

high tideOE

holy-tidea1035

good tideOE

high dayOE

feastc1200

feast dayc1300

ferie1377

festival day1389

solemnity1390

solennityc1400

feastful day1440

festiala1450

festivala1500

sacre1542

panegyry1641

Magdalene-tide1649

church festival1661

surplice day1663

festa1800

festa day1835

fiesta1844

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > instance or form of > plural or collective

orgiac1487

common prayer1493

sacre1542

obsequy?1550

orgy1597

ritual1611

holies1613

Dagonals1614

sacred1624

agenda1637

ephemeris1650

officials1659

religion1667

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 59^v She customably resorted to all places, where any solemnitee of sacres or martes was.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 340^v The sacres of Ceres.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke i. f. 17 The ministring of the sacres and holy rites in the temple.

1598 Chaucers Dreame in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 365/2 Which tent was church perochiall Ordaint was in especiall For the feast and for the sacre Where archbishop, and archdiacre Song ful out the seruise.

2. Consecration.

a. The coronation of a sovereign. rare

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > formal or ceremonial appointment > crowning

crowninga1250

crownmentc1300

coronation1388

encrownment?a1400

incoronation1470

crownationa1533

sacre1584

coroneting1881

1584 W. Allen True Def. Eng. Catholiques 51 They [sc. the bishops] doubted also lest she [sc. Elizabeth] would refuse in the verie time of her sacre, the solemne diuine ceremonie of vnction (accustomed in the consecration of al Christian princes).

b. The festival of Corpus Christi. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Corpus Christi > [noun]

Corpus Christi1377

sacre1653

Holy Thursday1789

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xxii. 150 The next day was the great festival of Corpus Christi, called the Sacre.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

† sacrev.¹

Forms: infinitive Middle English–1600s sacre, (Middle English sacri, Middle English sacryn, sakyre, sakor). past tense and past participle Middle English sacrede, Middle English sacrid, Middle English sakred, (Scottish) sacryt, Middle English (Scottish) sacrite, Middle English sacride, sakird, sakyrd(e, sakeret, sacryed, (Scottish) sacrit, Middle English–1500s sacryd, 1500s (Scottish) sacreit, Middle English–1600s sacred; also past participle Middle English i-sacret, Middle English i-sacred, Middle English y-sacred(e, Middle English y-, i-sacryd.

Etymology: < French sacre-r (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), = Provençal sagrar, Portuguese sagrar, Italian sacrare, sagrare, < Latin sacrāre, < sacr-, sacer sacred.

Obsolete.

1. transitive.

a. To consecrate (the elements, or the body and blood of Christ) in the Mass.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > consecration of elements > consecrate elements [verb (transitive)]

sacre?c1225

consecratea1530

embread1548

Eucharistize1714

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 119 As ofte ase ðe preost messeð & sacreð. ðet meidenes bearn iesu.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7209 Vor prustes mid vnclene honden..sacrieþ godes fless & is blod.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 235 Þet bodi of our lorde Iesu crist þet þe prestes sacreþ and onderuongeþ and betakeþ oþren.

1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VIII. 9 Anon þey brouȝte an obley þat was i-sacred.

c1485 Digby Myst. iii. 2068 I sakor þe body of ower lord Iesu cryst.

absolute.?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 29 Efter þe messe cos hwen þe preost sacreð. þer forȝeoteð al þe world þer beoð al vt of bodie.c1460 Play Sacram. 363 He hath oftyn sacred as yt ys skylle.c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 30 It semiþ hem to preche, it is profit to bles, it is congrew to sacre.

b. To celebrate (the Eucharist).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > mass > celebrate mass [verb (transitive)]

sacrea1240

a1240 Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 207 Þe holi sacrement..þet ðe preost sacreð.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 7038 To sacre þe haly sacrement.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 424 King Druskene with his lordis ilkone Into the tempill present at the mes, Solempnitlie quhen it sacreit than wes.

c. To sacrifice. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > sacrifice [verb (transitive)]

offereOE

teemc1275

sacrea1325

sacrify1390

sacrificea1400

presentc1425

exhibit1490

immolate1548

immole1610

shrine?1611

victim1671

victimize1853

oblate1872

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 938 Ðre der he toc, ilc ðre ger hold, And sacrede god on an wold.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 612 Wið-uten ilc seuend clene der Ðe he sacrede on an aucter.

d. ? To worship. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > [verb (transitive)]

heryc735

wortheOE

hallowa1000

blessOE

worshipa1200

servec1225

anourec1275

adorec1300

glorify1340

laud1377

magnifya1382

praisea1382

sacre1390

feara1400

reverencec1400

anorna1425

adorn1480

embrace1490

elevatea1513

reverent1565

god1595

venerate1623

thanksgivea1638

congratule1657

doxologizea1816

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 243 Hire god Moloch that with encense He sacreth, and doth reverence In such a wise as sche him bad.

a. To consecrate (a king, bishop, etc.) to office. Const. with object complement (in passive, subject); also to (an office), to, into (bishop).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > ordination > ordain [verb (transitive)]

hallowc900

hodec1275

sacrec1290

ordainc1300

orderc1330

consecrate1387

sanctify1390

canonize1393

to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)a1400

consacrea1492

ensacrea1492

ordinate1508

impose1582

japan1756

c1290 Beket 301 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 115 Þat dai of þe Trinite bischop i-sacret he was And onder-feng þis dignete.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 10719 & maister Richard þe grant in is stede was ido & wende uorþ to rome to sacri him þer to.

1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 445 Anselyn fonge þe investiture, and was y-sacrede.

c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 300 Ihesu..sacrede him to Bisschop wiþ boto his hondes.

c1420 Chron. Vilod. 1586 To sacre hurre abbas of þe abbay of Wynchestre.

a1450 J. Myrc Festial 12 And sakeret hym byschoppe.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 6494 Aftir warde, at ȝorke cite, Sakird solemply was he Of archebischop theodere.

?1504 M. Beaufort tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iv. v. 267 Beholde nowe thou arte made a preste and sacreyd to doo his holye mysterye.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. ix^v Henry Plantagenet..was at Westminster with great solemnitee and royal pompe, sacred, enoynted and crouned king by the name of kyng Henry the fourth.

1606 G. W. tr. Epit. Liues Emperors in tr. Justinus Hist. sig. Ll 5^v Rodolph the second, eldest son of Maximilian, was sacred Emperour in the yeare 1577.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 251 Petronius was sacred to this Ecclesiasticall dignitie by Archbishop Honorius.

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 53 This Prince was Sacred (to use the French terme) at Reymes 25. of Ianuary, 1515.

arch.1976 N. Roberts Face of France xxv. 229 French kings, with rare exceptions have been sacred in Reims Cathedral.

b. Said of the vessel used in anointing. rare.

ΚΠ

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 147 The holy Ampoule, the same with that which sacres their Kings at Rhemes, this being that which anoynted Hen: 4th.

c. To unite in the sacrament of marriage; to celebrate (a marriage).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > celebrate (a marriage) [verb (transitive)] > marry (of priest or functionary)

wedOE

sacrec1425

marry1530

espouse1599

to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1700

unite1728

c1425 Brut 365 And þere the Bischop of Worcestre wedded & sacred ham to-gedir, as holy churche it wolde.

c1425 Brut 368 Þere was this lady weddid and sacryd to þe King of Denmark with moche solempnite.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 53 And ȝif it [an unlawful marriage] be sacryd, þer owyth be lawe to be made a deuorce.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. kiij/1 And the bysshop sacred and blessed them.

3. To hallow, bless, sanctify, make holy.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > perform consecration [verb (transitive)]

hallow971

blessc1000

teemc1275

bensyc1315

sacrec1380

dediec1430

consecratea1464

dedify1482

sanctify1483

consacrea1492

speak1502

vow1526

dedicate1530

sequester1533

celebrate1584

devote1586

vow1600

to set apart1604

devout1615

devove1619

devow1626

inauguratea1639

behallow1648

sanctificatea1677

sanctize1691

mancipate1715

sacrate1755

sacrify1827

sacrament1829

sacralize1933

society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > blessing > perform blessing [verb (transitive)]

blessc1000

saina1300

sacrec1380

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 480 Ȝif freris founden wordis to sacre þe armes of a prest.

c1394 P. Pl. Crede 186 Seyntes y-sacred opon erþe.

1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. x^v The bysshope sacrithe the one [oyle] as well as the other.

1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde Prol. C j To sacre, halow, yea and with theyr holye poeticall spiryte to breath ouer this booke.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. x. vi. 274 They vsually lay three egs, whereof they take one of them to sacre and blesse (as it were) the other eggs and the nest, and then soon after they cast it away.

1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 251 To thinke, that God had sacred that Number [ten] above all other.

1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 310 Prayer does sacre all our Actions.

a. To dedicate (a person) to a deity; chiefly passive.

ΚΠ

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1139 For when a sawele is saȝtled & sakred to dryȝtyn, He holly haldes hit his.

c1450 Godstow Reg. 49 With hys two dowhters there I-sacryd to god.

1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 514 A yeerely Feast was there kept in honour of Diana, whereat all the young maides in the Countrey aboue fiue yeeres old, and vnder ten, were sacred, and dedicated vnto Diana.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 204 He promiseth forgivenesse of sins by washings, and in this sort, as yet he sacreth men to Wittnes, where he signeth his soldiers in the forehead.

b. To dedicate (something) to (a particular person, a deity, or some special purpose).

ΚΠ

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 113 Whan Iason..had sacred his shyp vnto the goddesse Pallas & to the goddesse of the see.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. i. 160 And, O thow blissit woman, onto the Wise walit men [I] sall dedicat and sacre.

1587 A. Day Longus's Daphnis & Chloe sig. A2^v Diuers flutes..which the auncient shepheards had often tofore-time sacred vnto the Nimphes for their greatest offrings.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 170 Heere with solemne vowes I sacre Vnto thy glory..My heart, and Art, my voice, hand, Harpe, and all.

1608 J. Sylvester in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. Ded. 211 This Tract I sacre vnto Sackvil's Name.

1620 J. Smith New Englands Trials Ep. Ded. How euer you please to dispose of him, that humbly sacreth himselfe and best abilities to his Countries good.

c. To make (a class of thing, as a tribe of animals, etc.) sacred to a deity.

ΚΠ

1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §lxv The ancients haue sacred this Bird [sc. the owl] to wisedome.

5. To take a solemn oath. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (intransitive)] > swear or take an oath

sweara900

sacrec1380

oathc1450

bread and salt1575

to take one's davy1764

buff1819

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1405 ‘Ȝe’, said he, ‘þat wil y do do say me now þy wille’. ‘þat wil y noȝt’, quaþ sche þo ‘til þou me han sakred tille’. þan Olyuer huld vp his hant trewely for to holde By is power þat couenant.

6. To cremate as a religious act.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > cremation > cremate [verb (transitive)] > as a religious act

sacre1665

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 46 Their Funerals are of the old stamp..sacring the Corps to Ashes in a holy fire.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sacre
释义	† sacren.¹ Etymology: < Old French sacre, of twofold formation: (1) in sense 1, < Latin sacrum , originally neuter of sacer adjective, sacred; (2) in sense 2, a verbal noun from sacre-r to consecrate (see sacre v.¹). Obsolete. 1. A religious observance or festival; plural rites of worship. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] tidea900 holidayc950 massOE holy-daya1000 mass-dayOE high tideOE holy-tidea1035 good tideOE high dayOE feastc1200 feast dayc1300 ferie1377 festival day1389 solemnity1390 solennityc1400 feastful day1440 festiala1450 festivala1500 sacre1542 panegyry1641 Magdalene-tide1649 church festival1661 surplice day1663 festa1800 festa day1835 fiesta1844 society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > instance or form of > plural or collective orgiac1487 common prayer1493 sacre1542 obsequy?1550 orgy1597 ritual1611 holies1613 Dagonals1614 sacred1624 agenda1637 ephemeris1650 officials1659 religion1667 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 59^v She customably resorted to all places, where any solemnitee of sacres or martes was. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 340^v The sacres of Ceres. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke i. f. 17 The ministring of the sacres and holy rites in the temple. 1598 Chaucers Dreame in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 365/2 Which tent was church perochiall Ordaint was in especiall For the feast and for the sacre Where archbishop, and archdiacre Song ful out the seruise. 2. Consecration. a. The coronation of a sovereign. rare ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > formal or ceremonial appointment > crowning crowninga1250 crownmentc1300 coronation1388 encrownment?a1400 incoronation1470 crownationa1533 sacre1584 coroneting1881 1584 W. Allen True Def. Eng. Catholiques 51 They [sc. the bishops] doubted also lest she [sc. Elizabeth] would refuse in the verie time of her sacre, the solemne diuine ceremonie of vnction (accustomed in the consecration of al Christian princes). b. The festival of Corpus Christi. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Corpus Christi > [noun] Corpus Christi1377 sacre1653 Holy Thursday1789 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xxii. 150 The next day was the great festival of Corpus Christi, called the Sacre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2019). † sacreadj.¹ Etymology: < Latin sacr-, sacer. Obsolete. rare. Sacred. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > [adjective] hallowedc900 holyc1000 blessedc1200 blissfula1225 seelya1225 yblessed1297 sacred13.. saint1377 devoutc1380 divinec1380 consecratec1386 dedicatec1386 benedighta1400 happyc1405 sillya1450 sacrate?a1475 sanctificatec1485 sacrificed?1504 sacrea1535 religious1549 vowed1585 anointed1595 devote1597 devoted1597 consecrated1599 sacrosanct1601 sanctimonious1604 sanctified1607 dedicated1609 divined1624 sacrosanctious1629 reverend1631 celebrate1632 divinified1633 sacrosanctified1693 sanctimonial1721 sacramental1851 divinized1852 sacral1882 sanct1890 sanctifiable1894 sacramented1914 hierophanic1927 kramat1947 sacralized1979 a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 59/1 The sacre magesty of a prince. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cxcix There dyd swere that they woulde obey the sacre & holy counsels, & woulde follow the Decrees of the Fathers. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 924/2 The..decrees and constitutions of the sacre and holie church. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † sacrev.¹ Forms: infinitive Middle English–1600s sacre, (Middle English sacri, Middle English sacryn, sakyre, sakor). past tense and past participle Middle English sacrede, Middle English sacrid, Middle English sakred, (Scottish) sacryt, Middle English (Scottish) sacrite, Middle English sacride, sakird, sakyrd(e, sakeret, sacryed, (Scottish) sacrit, Middle English–1500s sacryd, 1500s (Scottish) sacreit, Middle English–1600s sacred; also past participle Middle English i-sacret, Middle English i-sacred, Middle English y-sacred(e, Middle English y-, i-sacryd. Etymology: < French sacre-r (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), = Provençal sagrar, Portuguese sagrar, Italian sacrare, sagrare, < Latin sacrāre, < sacr-, sacer sacred. Obsolete. 1. transitive. a. To consecrate (the elements, or the body and blood of Christ) in the Mass. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > consecration of elements > consecrate elements [verb (transitive)] sacre?c1225 consecratea1530 embread1548 Eucharistize1714 a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 119 As ofte ase ðe preost messeð & sacreð. ðet meidenes bearn iesu. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7209 Vor prustes mid vnclene honden..sacrieþ godes fless & is blod. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 235 Þet bodi of our lorde Iesu crist þet þe prestes sacreþ and onderuongeþ and betakeþ oþren. 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VIII. 9 Anon þey brouȝte an obley þat was i-sacred. c1485 Digby Myst. iii. 2068 I sakor þe body of ower lord Iesu cryst. absolute.?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 29 Efter þe messe cos hwen þe preost sacreð. þer forȝeoteð al þe world þer beoð al vt of bodie.c1460 Play Sacram. 363 He hath oftyn sacred as yt ys skylle.c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 30 It semiþ hem to preche, it is profit to bles, it is congrew to sacre. b. To celebrate (the Eucharist). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > mass > celebrate mass [verb (transitive)] sacrea1240 a1240 Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 207 Þe holi sacrement..þet ðe preost sacreð. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 7038 To sacre þe haly sacrement. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 424 King Druskene with his lordis ilkone Into the tempill present at the mes, Solempnitlie quhen it sacreit than wes. c. To sacrifice. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > sacrifice [verb (transitive)] offereOE teemc1275 sacrea1325 sacrify1390 sacrificea1400 presentc1425 exhibit1490 immolate1548 immole1610 shrine?1611 victim1671 victimize1853 oblate1872 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 938 Ðre der he toc, ilc ðre ger hold, And sacrede god on an wold. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 612 Wið-uten ilc seuend clene der Ðe he sacrede on an aucter. d. ? To worship. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > [verb (transitive)] heryc735 wortheOE hallowa1000 blessOE worshipa1200 servec1225 anourec1275 adorec1300 glorify1340 laud1377 magnifya1382 praisea1382 sacre1390 feara1400 reverencec1400 anorna1425 adorn1480 embrace1490 elevatea1513 reverent1565 god1595 venerate1623 thanksgivea1638 congratule1657 doxologizea1816 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 243 Hire god Moloch that with encense He sacreth, and doth reverence In such a wise as sche him bad. 2. a. To consecrate (a king, bishop, etc.) to office. Const. with object complement (in passive, subject); also to (an office), to, into (bishop). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > ordination > ordain [verb (transitive)] hallowc900 hodec1275 sacrec1290 ordainc1300 orderc1330 consecrate1387 sanctify1390 canonize1393 to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)a1400 consacrea1492 ensacrea1492 ordinate1508 impose1582 japan1756 c1290 Beket 301 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 115 Þat dai of þe Trinite bischop i-sacret he was And onder-feng þis dignete. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 10719 & maister Richard þe grant in is stede was ido & wende uorþ to rome to sacri him þer to. 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 445 Anselyn fonge þe investiture, and was y-sacrede. c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 300 Ihesu..sacrede him to Bisschop wiþ boto his hondes. c1420 Chron. Vilod. 1586 To sacre hurre abbas of þe abbay of Wynchestre. a1450 J. Myrc Festial 12 And sakeret hym byschoppe. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 6494 Aftir warde, at ȝorke cite, Sakird solemply was he Of archebischop theodere. ?1504 M. Beaufort tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iv. v. 267 Beholde nowe thou arte made a preste and sacreyd to doo his holye mysterye. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. ix^v Henry Plantagenet..was at Westminster with great solemnitee and royal pompe, sacred, enoynted and crouned king by the name of kyng Henry the fourth. 1606 G. W. tr. Epit. Liues Emperors in tr. Justinus Hist. sig. Ll 5^v Rodolph the second, eldest son of Maximilian, was sacred Emperour in the yeare 1577. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 251 Petronius was sacred to this Ecclesiasticall dignitie by Archbishop Honorius. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 53 This Prince was Sacred (to use the French terme) at Reymes 25. of Ianuary, 1515. arch.1976 N. Roberts Face of France xxv. 229 French kings, with rare exceptions have been sacred in Reims Cathedral. b. Said of the vessel used in anointing. rare. ΚΠ c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 147 The holy Ampoule, the same with that which sacres their Kings at Rhemes, this being that which anoynted Hen: 4th. c. To unite in the sacrament of marriage; to celebrate (a marriage). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > celebrate (a marriage) [verb (transitive)] > marry (of priest or functionary) wedOE sacrec1425 marry1530 espouse1599 to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1700 unite1728 c1425 Brut 365 And þere the Bischop of Worcestre wedded & sacred ham to-gedir, as holy churche it wolde. c1425 Brut 368 Þere was this lady weddid and sacryd to þe King of Denmark with moche solempnite. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 53 And ȝif it [an unlawful marriage] be sacryd, þer owyth be lawe to be made a deuorce. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. kiij/1 And the bysshop sacred and blessed them. 3. To hallow, bless, sanctify, make holy. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > perform consecration [verb (transitive)] hallow971 blessc1000 teemc1275 bensyc1315 sacrec1380 dediec1430 consecratea1464 dedify1482 sanctify1483 consacrea1492 speak1502 vow1526 dedicate1530 sequester1533 celebrate1584 devote1586 vow1600 to set apart1604 devout1615 devove1619 devow1626 inauguratea1639 behallow1648 sanctificatea1677 sanctize1691 mancipate1715 sacrate1755 sacrify1827 sacrament1829 sacralize1933 society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > blessing > perform blessing [verb (transitive)] blessc1000 saina1300 sacrec1380 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 480 Ȝif freris founden wordis to sacre þe armes of a prest. c1394 P. Pl. Crede 186 Seyntes y-sacred opon erþe. 1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. x^v The bysshope sacrithe the one [oyle] as well as the other. 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde Prol. C j To sacre, halow, yea and with theyr holye poeticall spiryte to breath ouer this booke. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. x. vi. 274 They vsually lay three egs, whereof they take one of them to sacre and blesse (as it were) the other eggs and the nest, and then soon after they cast it away. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 251 To thinke, that God had sacred that Number [ten] above all other. 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 310 Prayer does sacre all our Actions. 4. a. To dedicate (a person) to a deity; chiefly passive. ΚΠ c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1139 For when a sawele is saȝtled & sakred to dryȝtyn, He holly haldes hit his. c1450 Godstow Reg. 49 With hys two dowhters there I-sacryd to god. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 514 A yeerely Feast was there kept in honour of Diana, whereat all the young maides in the Countrey aboue fiue yeeres old, and vnder ten, were sacred, and dedicated vnto Diana. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 204 He promiseth forgivenesse of sins by washings, and in this sort, as yet he sacreth men to Wittnes, where he signeth his soldiers in the forehead. b. To dedicate (something) to (a particular person, a deity, or some special purpose). ΚΠ 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 113 Whan Iason..had sacred his shyp vnto the goddesse Pallas & to the goddesse of the see. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. i. 160 And, O thow blissit woman, onto the Wise walit men [I] sall dedicat and sacre. 1587 A. Day Longus's Daphnis & Chloe sig. A2^v Diuers flutes..which the auncient shepheards had often tofore-time sacred vnto the Nimphes for their greatest offrings. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 170 Heere with solemne vowes I sacre Vnto thy glory..My heart, and Art, my voice, hand, Harpe, and all. 1608 J. Sylvester in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. Ded. 211 This Tract I sacre vnto Sackvil's Name. 1620 J. Smith New Englands Trials Ep. Ded. How euer you please to dispose of him, that humbly sacreth himselfe and best abilities to his Countries good. c. To make (a class of thing, as a tribe of animals, etc.) sacred to a deity. ΚΠ 1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §lxv The ancients haue sacred this Bird [sc. the owl] to wisedome. 5. To take a solemn oath. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (intransitive)] > swear or take an oath sweara900 sacrec1380 oathc1450 bread and salt1575 to take one's davy1764 buff1819 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1405 ‘Ȝe’, said he, ‘þat wil y do do say me now þy wille’. ‘þat wil y noȝt’, quaþ sche þo ‘til þou me han sakred tille’. þan Olyuer huld vp his hant trewely for to holde By is power þat couenant. 6. To cremate as a religious act.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > cremation > cremate [verb (transitive)] > as a religious act sacre1665 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 46 Their Funerals are of the old stamp..sacring the Corps to Ashes in a holy fire. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1542adj.¹a1535v.¹?c1225
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