sacredadj.n.
/ˈseɪkrɪd/ A. adj.† 1. Of the Eucharistic elements: Consecrated.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > consecration of elements > [adjective]
sacredc1380
consecrate1509
consecrated1662
Eucharistized1737
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 465 But nou in þe reume of englond stryuen manye of þe sacrid oost.
c1450 Mankind 383 in Macro Plays 15 By cokkys body sakyrde, I haue such a peyn in my arme.
c1450 Mankind 383 in Macro Plays 605 For Cokkes body sakyrde, make space!
2. (Followed by to.)
a. Consecrated to; esteemed especially dear or acceptable to a deity.
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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
13.. K. Alis. 6777 That on [tree] to the sonne..That othir..Is sakret [MS. Laud sacrified] in the mone vertue.
c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 4408 Two tren..The ton y-sacryd to the mone, The tother halwed to Phebus.
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 214 This fowle is sacred unto Jupiter.
1719 Free-thinker III. 82 The First of May has been, and will be Sacred to Love in all polite Nations.
1788 J. Lemprière Classical Dict. (1792) at Jupiter The oak is sacred to him because he first taught mankind to live upon acorns.
1874 E. O. M. Deutsch Lit. Remains 439 The dove sacred to Venus.
b. Dedicated, set apart, exclusively appropriated to some person or some special purpose.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [adjective] > belonging to a particular thing or person
specialc1230
proper1340
peculiara1475
specifical?a1475
singular?a1513
private1526
privy1560
personed1565
individual1570
particular1582
idiotical1655
specific1665
sacred1667
specific1667
specifiala1670
idiomatic1771
idiomatical1774
appropriate1796
exclusive1804
propriate1820
especial1854
dedicated1969
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 208 To destruction sacred and devote. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 924 Had it bin onely coveting to Eye That sacred Fruit, sacred to abstinence. View more context for this quotation
1721 in Coll. Epitaphs (1802) 10 Sacred to the memory of Samuel Butler.
1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. vii. 119 The Sacrifice being over, he retires alone to a Solitude sacred to these Occasions.
1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 571 Scenes Sacred to neatness and repose.
1811 J. Pinkerton Mod. Geogr.: Egypt (abr. ed. 3) 756 The papyrus, sacred to literature.
1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 26 A pleasure-house Made sacred to his sister and his spouse.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. i. ii. 100 The parts [of a Roman house] which were sacred to the use of the family were the peristyle [etc.].
3.
a. Of things, places, of persons and their offices, etc.: Set apart for or dedicated to some religious purpose, and hence entitled to veneration or religious respect; made holy by association with a god or other object of worship; consecrated, hallowed.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > [adjective] > by associations
sacred1412
consecrate1669
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. 3822 Reliques sacrid, þe holy eke vessels.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Aa3v Said then the Palmer Lo where does appeare The sacred soile, where all our perills grow.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. i. 185 I haue dispatch'd..To sacred Delphos, to Appollo's Temple, Cleomines and Dion. View more context for this quotation
1678 R. Cudworth tr. Seneca in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 510 Some Pools have been made Sacred for their immense Profundity and Opacity.
a1704 T. Brown London & Lacedemonian Oracles in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 147 Their [sc. the Jewish Priests'] Sacred Garments were of Linen.
1744 M. Akenside On leaving Holland in Odes 36 I trace the village and the sacred spire.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. iii. 85 Thou art..one of those disorderly men, who, taking on them the sacred character without due cause, profane the holy rites.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury lxxxviii, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 324 By sacred Styx a mighty oath to swear.
1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. 77 A circular building, called the Philippeum,..within the sacred precincts in which the Olympic games were celebrated.
1857 J. G. Wilkinson Egyptians 9 The sacred boats of the dead.
1883 H. Yule in Encycl. Brit. XV. 330/2 Thus the Bo-tree (or pippal), so sacred among the Buddhists of Ceylon, is still cherished near mosques.
1885 J. H. Middleton Encycl. Brit. XIX. 607/2 The other [vase], from Cyprus, has the Assyrian sacred tree, with similar guardian animals.
b. sacred book, sacred writing, etc.: one of those in which the laws and teachings of a religion are embodied. sacred history: the history contained in the Bible. sacred number: a number (esp. seven) to which is attributed a peculiar depth of significance in religious symbolism. sacred poetry: poetry concerned with religious themes. sacred music: music which accompanies sacred words or which has a certain solemn character of its own. sacred concert: a concert of sacred music. Sacred Blood, the blood of Christ. sacred orders [ecclesiastical Latin ordines sacri] , the holy or major orders.
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society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > non-Christian symbols or images > [noun] > number
sacred number1702
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by symbols, letters, figures, etc. > [noun] > by numbers, numerology > significant number
sacred number1702
society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > [noun] > major (holy)
hadc897
orderc1300
sacred orders1726
society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > [noun]
Holy Writc900
writeOE
God's bookOE
writOE
bookOE
Biblea1300
holy lettrurec1330
scripturec1330
the (sacred or holy) writings1340
gospel1393
worda1425
escripture1489
Holy Write1508
theologya1513
the written word1533
Book of God1548
oracle1548
hand biblea1680
good book1740
sacred book1782
the sacred volume1850
bibliotheca1879
Kitab1885
society > faith > worship > church music > [noun]
mass1529
church music1565
service1622
sacred music1785
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > [noun] > concert > types of
Philharmonic concert1740
benefit-concert1759
chamber concert1760
recital1762
Dutch concert1774
concert performance1777
philharmonica1796
musical soirée1821
sacred concert1832
soirée musicale1836
promenade concert1839
pianoforte recital1840
ballad concert1855
piano recital1855
Monday pop1862
Pop1862
promenade1864
popular1865
Schubertiad1869
recitative1873
organ recital1877
pop concert1880
smoker1887
smoke concert1888
café concert1891
prom1902
smoke-ho1918
smoking-concert1934
hootenanny1940
opry1940
Liederabend1958
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [noun] > sacred poetry
sacred poetrya1854
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > historical narrative > [noun] > types of historical narrative or work
memoriala1393
commentary1547
church story1563
church history1566
local history1615
anecdotes1649
political history1656
memoirs1659
family history1726
nobiliary1728
sacred history1853
prosopography1896
herstory1932
microhistory1969
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Son or Christ > [noun] > blood, wounds, or sweat of
the (Five) Woundsc1175
blood of Christc1384
precious bloodc1384
rich bloodc1400
sang royal1523
bloody sweat1526
Sacred Blood1922
a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 59 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Who for the space of certaine yeeres, brought him up in sacred letters.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iii. 61 His Weapons, [are] holy Sawes of sacred Writ. View more context for this quotation
1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn iii, in Poems 2 Say Heav'nly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein Afford a present to the Infant God?
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 17 The last great Age, foretold by sacred Rhymes, Renews its finish'd Course.
1702 V. Mandey tr. J. J. Hainlin Synopsis Mathematica: Theoret. Arithm. i. 8 Seven is a Sacred Number, chiefly used in Holy Scripture.
1710 J. Bingham Origines Ecclesiasticæ (ed. 2) II. iii. i. 9 The Clergy of the Superior Orders are commonly called the ἱερώμενοι Holy and Sacred, as in Socrates and others.]
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 184 The first [sc. sub-deacons, deacons, and priests] the Canon Law..stiles Sacred Orders.
1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 164 The sacred book no longer suffers wrong, Bound in the fetters of an unknown tongue.
1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 634 Ten thousand sit Patiently present at a sacred song.
a1831 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) IX. Sub-introd. 73 Sacred History is that narrative of events, commencing from the creation of the world, which is recorded in the Bible, and is so called, because it is assumed to be written under divine superintendence, and is evidently associated with the being, perfections, and plans of Deity.
1832 Rep. Select Comm. Dramatic Lit. 50 in Parl. Papers 1831–2 (H.C. 679) VII. 1 I thought it would be a better thing to represent plays than to give a pretended sacred concert.
1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 374/1 The clerical orders of the Catholic church are divided into two classes, sacred and minor orders.
1853 (title) Catalogue of the Library of the Sacred Harmonic Society.
a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. (1878) vi. 211 The relation in which sacred poetry stands to revealed teaching and Holy Writ.
1862 in N. Longmate Hungry Mills (1978) viii. 113 Never was so much sacred music heard upon the streets of Manchester as during the last few months.
1877 M. Williams Hinduism i. 13 India..has only one sacred language and only one sacred literature, accepted and revered by all adherents of Hinduism alike.
1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. 622/1 The orders of bishop, priest, deacon, and (but only since the thirteenth century) subdeacon are called sacred’ or ‘greater’.
1900 Cornish Echo 30 Mar. 4/4 Wesley Chapel Falmouth. Sacred Concert by Truro Wesleyan Church Choir.
1901 F. Procter & W. H. Frere New Hist. Bk. Common Prayer xvi. 650 The Sacramentary of Serapion gives forms of ordination only for the three sacred orders.
1920 P. G. Wodehouse Jill the Reckless xvi. 284 It is the custom of the dwellers in Atlantic City..to attend a species of vaudeville performance—incorrectly termed a sacred concert—on Sunday nights.
1922 G. K. Chesterton Ballad St. Barbara p. vii In the grey rocks the burning blossom Glowed terrible as the sacred blood.
1934 Daily Gleaner 5 Jan. 21/2 Sacred Concert..A fine programme of sacred songs, instrumental music and recitations will be presented at St. Thomas' Church, Bath, on Sunday.
1950 Cornishman 12 Jan. 4/2 Sacred Concert by Ludgvan Male Choir with Elise Harvey, guest soloist.
1965 New Statesman 19 Nov. 794/3 We are made aware of the ideas of the period—notably the Pope's own contributions to the Franciscan v. Dominican battle about the Sacred Blood.
1978 Listener 24 Aug. 244/4 By 1733 Bach had written the vast majority of his sacred music.
c. rarely of a deity: Venerable, holy.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective]
holyc825
divinec1374
greatc1380
sainta1400
divinelyc1400
deific1490
ethereala1522
deifical1563
godly1582
numinous1647
numinal1652
deiform1654
deical1662
sacred1697
theistic1854
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > quality of inspiring reverence > [adjective] > of a deity
sacred1697
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 110 Now, sacred Pales, in a lofty strain, I sing the Rural Honours of thy Reign. View more context for this quotation
d. Applied as a specific defining adjective to various animals and plants that are or have been considered sacred to certain deities.
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1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. ii. 526 Sacred Cuckow... Inhabits Malabar, where the natives hold it sacred.
1790 J. White Jrnl. Voy. New S. Wales 193 We this day shot the Sacred Kings-Fisher.
1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 243 The Sacred Ibis (I. religiosa).
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 120/2 Bamboo, sacred, of the Chinese, Nandina domestica.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 781/2 Nelumbium speciosum, the Sacred Lotus.
1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. (1875) lxxxiii. 657 The Sacred Monkey of the Hindoos (Semnopithecus entellus).
1877 J. Gibson in Encycl. Brit. VI. 131/2 The Sacred Beetle of Egypt, Ateuchus sacer.
1879 C. P. Johnson Encycl. Brit. IX. 154/2 The Sacred Fig, Pippul, or Bo, Ficus religiosa.
4.
a. transferred and figurative. Regarded with or entitled to respect or reverence similar to that which attaches to holy things.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > quality of inspiring reverence > [adjective] > of things, places, or qualities
reverent?c1400
reverendc1443
venerand1549
sacred1560
venerable1601
reverentiala1631
numinous1647
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxlvij In so sacred a senate [sc. the Council of Trent: L. in tam augusto conventu].
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. i. 174 Sacred and sweet was all I saw in her. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. i. 40 He..Doth but vsurpe the Sacred name of Knight, Prophaning this most Honourable Order. View more context for this quotation
a1645 E. Waller At Pens-hurst ii. 26 Goe boye and carve this passion on the barke Of yonder tree, which stands the sacred marke Of noble Sidneys birth.
1656 A. Cowley Misc. 29 in Poems Poet and Saint! to thee alone are given The two most sacred Names of Earth and Heaven.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 456. ⁋3 There is something sacred in Misery to great and good Minds.
1757 T. Gray Ode I iii. i, in Odes 10 Ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iv. 50 Ere he can lisp his mother's sacred name.
1842 R. Browning K. Vict. & K. Chas. 1st Yr. 11 Ay, call this parting—death! The sacreder your memory becomes.
1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxi. 108 To a feather-brained school-girl nothing is sacred.
1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 114 But the most sacred objects of all [at Greenwich Hospital] are two of Nelson's coats, under separate glass cases.
1878 R. W. Dale Lect. Preaching (ed. 3) ix. 292 To you America must be sacred as well as Judea.
b. esp. as an epithet of royalty. Now chiefly Historical or archaic; formerly often in the phrase His (her, your) most Sacred Majesty.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [adjective] > specific epithets for persons of rank > for royalty or other exalted personages
grandc1526
serenea1550
most religious1567
sacred1600
serenissimous1623
serenissime1624
super-illustrious1630
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V i. ii. 7 God and his Angels guard your sacred throne, And make you long become it.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 134 Iustice most sacred Duke against the Abbesse. View more context for this quotation
1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck iii. sig. G Sacred King Be deafe to his knowne malice!
1639 Marquis of Hamilton in Hamilton Papers (1880) I. 76 Most sacred Souuraigne.
a1645 E. Waller On Danger His Majesty Escaped 54 Yet the bold Britans still securely row'd, Charles and his vertue was their sacred load.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. vii. 125 That his sacred Majesty, and the Council, who are your Judges, were [etc.].
1757 in Acts Gen. Assembly Georgia (1881) 127 We therefore pray your most Sacred Majesty that it may be Enacted.
c. in sarcastic use.
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1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus i. 7 And these most sacred nether promontories Lie satisfied with layers of fat.
1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus ii. 33 That her most sacred Majesty should be Invited to attend the feast of Famine.
1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. Pref. p. xviii To obtain, from Mr. Bentham's executors, a sacred bone of his great, dissected Master.
5. in extended use.1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 130 No buzzing Sounds disturb thir Golden Sleep. 'Tis sacred Silence all. View more context for this quotation
a. Secured by religious sentiment, reverence, sense of justice, or the like, against violation, infringement, or encroachment.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or invulnerable > inviolable
sacred1530
irrefragable1562
inviolable1578
sanctioned1875
pamphract1890
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 696/2 Touch it nat, it is sacred.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. viijv Syth that tyme, was neuer so vndeuoute a kynge that euer enterprised that sacred priuilege to violate.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. iii. 141 I am combined by a sacred Vow. View more context for this quotation
a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 106 Let thy Oaths be sacred.
1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 32 The sacredest Bonds which the Conscience of Man can be bound with.
1781 W. Cowper Charity 28 The rights of man were sacred in his view.
1793 S. Horsley Serm. (1811) 187 Maintaining what in the new vocabulary of modern democracy is named the sacred right of insurrection.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 139 He assured them that their property would be held sacred.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 210 Strong desires and resentments which he mistook for sacred duties.
b. Of a person (hence of his office): Having a religiously secured immunity from violence or attachment; sacrosanct, inviolable.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or invulnerable > secure from injury or violence due to sanction > of a person or office due to religious sanction
sacred1565
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Sacrosancta potestas, the sacred and vnuiolable power of the Tribunes.
1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. i. v. 21 The Augur-ship became sacred among the Romans.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar v. 48 The persons of Saturninus and Glaucia were doubly sacred, for one was tribune and the other prætor.
c. With from: Protected by some sanction from injury or incursion.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or invulnerable > secure from injury or violence due to sanction
mace-proof1633
sacred1788
1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xl. 63 No place was safe or sacred from their depredations.
1842 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. II. 479 He is himself is sacred from punishment of every description.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess ii. 31 Lapt In the arms of leisure, sacred from the blight Of ancient influence and scorn.
d. figurative. Devoted to some purpose, not to be lightly intruded upon or handled.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > other
of (good) warrantc1330
last1558
overweighted1753
unpostponable1800
sacred1867
mugwump1886
codominant1943
1867 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia i. 15 Thus I had a supply when every water-skin was empty, and on the last day I divided my sacred stock amongst the men.
6. Accursed. [After Latin sacer; frequently translating or in allusion to Virgil's auri saca fames ( Æn. iii. 57).] Now rare.
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the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation
stinking?c1225
misbegetc1325
banned1340
cursefula1382
wariablea1382
cursedc1386
biccheda1400
maledighta1400
vilea1400
accursedc1400
whoresona1450
remauldit?1473
execrable1490
infamous1490
unbicheda1500
jolly1534
bloodyc1540
mangy?1548
pagan1550
damned1563
misbegotten1571
putid1580
desperate1581
excremental1591
inexecrable?1594
sacred1594
putrid1628
sad1664
blasted1682
plagued1728
damnation1757
infernal1764
damn1775
pesky1775
deuced1782
shocking1798
blessed1806
darned1815
dinged1821
anointed1823
goldarn1830
darn1835
cussed1837
blamed1840
unholy1842
verdomde1850
bleeding1858
ghastly1860
goddam1861
blankety1872
blame1876
bastard1877
God-awful1877
dashed1881
sodding1881
bally1885
ungodly1887
blazing1888
dee1889
motherfucking1890
blistering1900
plurry1900
Christly1910
blinking1914
blethering1915
blighted1915
blighting1916
soddish1922
somethinged1922
effing1929
Jesus1929
dagnab1934
bastarding1944
Christless1947
mother-loving1948
mothering1951
pussyclaat1957
mother-grabbing1959
pigging1970
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > wicked or accursed
wariedc975
un-i-seliOE
awariedc1000
curseda1400
manseda1400
accursedc1400
damned1563
sacred1594
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. i. 121 Our Empresse with her sacred wit To villanie and vengeance consecrate. View more context for this quotation
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xii. sig. Y3 O sacred hunger of ambitious mindes. View more context for this quotation
1600 T. Dekker Old Fortunatus sig. B2v If through Golds sacred hunger thou dost pine.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 122 Hither the sacred thirst of gaine..allureth the aduenturous merchant.
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Cock & Fox in Fables 232 For sacred hunger of my Gold I die.
1744 J. Thomson Spring in Seasons (new ed.) 8 A feeble Race! yet oft The sacred sons of Vengeance! on whose Course Corrosive Famine waits, and kills the Year.
1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. i. 62 Smitten with a sacred rage for topography.
1. Sacred rites or solemnities.
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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
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον 26 Her Sacreds and Festivalls were called Angeronalia.
1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 60 They might..also behold whatever Sacreds were solemnized within the Court of their great Jupiter Capitolinus.
1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I ii. iii. 35 These Sacreds were first celebrated in the East by these She-priests of Bacchus.
1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. iii. 55 By his Manuscripts we are more acquainted in this last Century with the Turkish Sacreds than any one had ever informed us.
1752 Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 216 The Romans became extremely fond of the Mithriac Sacreds.
2. Things consecrated or offered in sacrifice to the gods.
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society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > [noun] > one who or that which undergoes > collectively
sacred1608
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 24 This snake the holy dishes..Did hast to touch, like as it would the sacreds tast.
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον i. 47 The sacreds that were made to these, were by such as having escaped any dangerous desease, or pestilent sicknesse, had bin spared by the fates.
3. Sacred utensils or vessels.
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society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > [noun] > collectively
mass-gearc1300
reparel1466
sacred1665
altar service1824
bondieuserie1941
society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > [noun] > collectively
vesselment1303
servicea1660
sacred1665
1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 219 The Heads of Bulls..have been found in and about our Antiquity, together with other Sacreds peculiarly appertaining to the Ministration of Their Idolatrous Rites.
1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. x. 56 Hieroglyphic Leters, i.e. Leters engraven in sacreds.
Compounds
Special collocations.† sacred artery n. Obsolete (see quot. 1656). † sacred elixir n. Obsolete = sacred tincture n.† Sacred Empire n. Obsolete the Holy Roman Empire. † sacred tincture n. [= modern Latin tinctura sacra: see Chambers Cycl. Supp. (1753) at Aloes] Obsolete a preparation of rhubarb and aloes.† sacred vein n. [Latin vena sacra] Obsolete (see quot. 1656).
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Artery Sacred Artery, a branch of the great Arteries descendent branch, goes to the Marrow which is in the Os Sacrum.
sacred axe n. a mark on Chinese porcelain, supposed to designate warriors.
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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols > others
Samian letter1616
A1651
Tetragrammaton1656
arrow1744
arrowhead1832
wind1847
scarlet letter1850
sun wheel1865
sacred axe1866
rising sun1868
crow's foot1871
Easter rabbit1881
hexagram1882
sun sign1882
Easter bunny1900
Staffordshire knot1908
sinsigna1914
tectiform1921
padma1954
smiley face1957
happy face1971
lexigram1973
emoticon1988
smiley1989
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > porcelain > Chinese > markings on
sacred axe1866
reign mark1904
lappet1915
oil spot1922
1866 W. Chaffers Marks & Monograms Pottery & Porcelain (ed. 2) 389 The sacred axe; a [Chinese] mark found on green porcelain.
1868 J. Marryat Hist. Pottery & Porcelain (ed. 3) ix. 274 The sacred axe is assigned to warriors.
sacred band n. Ancient Greek History a body consisting of 300 young nobles, who formed part of the permanent military force of Thebes from 379 b.c.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > ancient Greek
argyraspid1599
sacred band1770
1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Pelopidas in Plutarch Lives II. 335 Gorgidas as some say, first formed the sacred band.
sacred bark n. [Spanish cáscara sagrada] the bark of Rhamnus Purshianus of California, used as a tonic aperient.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > medicinal barks > other medicinal barks
oak bark1579
cascarilla1686
false Winter's bark1722
malambo bark1816
matias bark1840
sweetwood bark1846
magnolia1857
cascara sagrada1879
cuprea bark1884
sacred bark1891
1891 Cent. Dict. Sacred bark.
1897 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
sacred circle n. an exclusive company, an elite.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > the choice or pick > people
choicea1616
elite1738
crème de la crème1848
corps d'élite1884
premier league1898
sacred circle1939
1939 Country Life 11 Feb. 156/1 The courses, however, which have been admitted into this sacred circle—Westward Ho! for the Amateur Championship, Carnoustie for the Open, and Troon and St. Anne's for both meetings, have all been of a certain ancient standing.
sacred college n. (see college n. 1).
sacred egoism n. = sacro egoismo n.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > [noun] > other international policies
Anglo-Americanism1841
annexationism1850
open door1898
sanction1919
sacred egoism1928
collective security1934
Westpolitik1934
sanctionism1938
Ostpolitik1941
Vansittartism1941
sacro egoismo1944
containment1947
technology transfer1963
Finlandization1969
linkage1969
1928 H. W. Schneider Making Fascist State i. 11 Salandra's policy of ‘sacred egoism’, of bargaining with both sides to see who would promise Italy the most for her neutrality, is both disgraceful and useless.
1970 R. A. H. Robinson Origins of Franco's Spain iv. 186 Aguirre still pursued a policy of sacred egoism and held aloof from non-Basque causes.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > general plant-derived medicines
savineOE
liquoricec1275
verjuice1302
sandragon1334
sugar roset1363
acaciaa1398
agnus castusa1398
sebestenc1400
socotrine aloesa1425
tapsimelc1425
valencec1425
aconitum?a1450
hypericum1471
cassia1543
guaiacum1553
guaiac1558
butcher's broom1578
solanum1578
liquorice-stick1580
symphonia1597
tabasheer1598
diascord1605
orange-bead1626
oxymel of squills1654
Japonic earth1673
terebinthina1693
terebinthinate1696
pareira brava1698
rhabarbarate1716
Japan earth1718
buglossate1725
squill1725
phytolacca1730
nettle juice1747
xanthoxyloïn1767
mustard whey1769
Jesuits' drops1783
digitalis1785
arnica1788
mel-rose1790
gallic acid1791
valerian1794
sacred elixir1797
drosera1801
Spanish juice1803
mudar1819
sabadilla1821
parillin1825
mudarin1829
salicin1830
sang1843
peppermint camphor1854
pareira1855
savanilla1856
euonymin1862
menthol1862
phytolaccin1864
alstonia1868
agoniadin1870
guimauve1870
gelsemium1875
iridin1879
hazeline1880
tub-camphor1880
echinacea1887
jacaranda1887
hamamelin1890
quillain1890
vieirin1893
thiolin1894
mentha camphor1902
hamamelis1910
phytohaemagglutinin1949
adaptogen1966
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > tincture > [noun] > specific tinctures
potable Mars1694
elixir1736
Huxham's tincture1788
sacred elixir1797
sacred tincture1797
alcoholature1831
mother tincture1842
Mimulus1933
1797 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 591/1 Sacred Elixir.
1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory iii. 642 Tincture of Rhubarb and Aloes; formerly, Sacred Elixir.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > aggregate of sovereign states under one rule > the Holy Roman or German Empire
RomeOE
empirec1485
German Empire1550
Roman Empire1583
Sacred Empire1617
Holy Roman Empire1698
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 284 It was decreed..that hereafter in the sacred Empire the under written pieces of money should be coyned.
sacred fire n. [ < Latin sacer ignis, see holy fire n.] erysipelas.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > erysipelas
wildfirec1000
St. Francis' fireOE
burning1382
erysipelas1398
holy fire1398
rose1599
fieriness of the face1600
fiery1600
Anthony's fire1609
sacred fire1693
sideration1828
1693 A. Gavin Short Hist. Monastical Orders xiv. 127 In the year 1089..the Sacred Fire.., having spread it self into several parts of Europe.
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sacred malady n. [Latin sacer morbus] epilepsy ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1897).
sacred month n. (see quots.).
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1872 W. N. Molesworth Hist. Eng. II. 361 Among the other expedients that had been suggested in this convention [of Chartist delegates, 1838] was that of observing what was called a ‘sacred month’, during which the working classes throughout the whole kingdom were to abstain from every kind of labour, in the hope of compelling the governing classes to concede the charter.
sacred place n.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun]
buriels854
througheOE
burianOE
graveOE
lairc1000
lair-stowc1000
lich-restc1000
pitOE
grass-bedOE
buriness1175
earth housec1200
sepulchrec1200
tombc1300
lakec1320
buriala1325
monumenta1325
burying-place1382
resting placea1387
sepulturea1387
beda1400
earth-beda1400
longhousea1400
laystow1452
lying1480
delfa1500
worms' kitchen?a1500
bier1513
laystall1527
funeral?a1534
lay-bed1541
restall1557
cellarc1560
burying-grave1599
pit-hole1602
urn1607
cell1609
hearse1610
polyandrum1627
requietory1631
burial-place1633
mortuary1654
narrow cell1686
ground-sweat1699
sacred place1728
narrow house1792
plot1852
narrow bed1854
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Sacred In the Civil Law, a Sacred Place is that, where a Person deceased, has been interr'd.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > tincture > [noun] > specific tinctures
potable Mars1694
elixir1736
Huxham's tincture1788
sacred elixir1797
sacred tincture1797
alcoholature1831
mother tincture1842
Mimulus1933
1797 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 393/1 Aloetic wine, or sacred tincture.
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > vein > [noun] > specific vein
middle veina1398
portaa1398
saphena1398
funisa1400
sciaticaa1400
guidesc1400
haemorrhoidc1400
salvatellac1400
liver veina1425
median?a1425
mesaraic?a1425
sciatic?a1425
venal artery?a1425
sciat1503
organal vein1523
axillar?1541
weeping vein1543
port-vein1586
lip-vein1598
nose vein1598
sciatic vein1598
cephalic vein1599
hollow vein1605
jugular1615
scapulary1615
subclavian vein1615
umbilical vessel1615
basilica1625
porter-vein1625
neck vein1639
garter-vein1656
matricious vein1656
sacred vein1656
subclavicular1656
subclavial1664
vertebral1718
portal vein1765
cava1809
satellite vein1809
brachial1859
innominate vein1866
precaval1866
postcava1882
precava1882
postcaval1891
Vesalian vein1891
sciatic1892
subcardinal1902
1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Vein Sacred vein (vena sacra) the second branch of the flank veine running to the Os sacrum, and thence getting this name.
Sacred War n. (see war n.1).
sacred way n. a route used by religious processions, pilgrims, etc.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [noun] > used by pilgrims or processions
sacred way1884
1884 A. Lang in M. Hunt tr. Grimm's Household Tales I. p. xiv Amber and jade and slaves were carried half across the world by the old trade-routes and sacred ways.
1910 Encycl. Brit. II. 883/2 The chain..of Aegaleos, through a depression in which was the line of the sacred way, where the torchlight processions from Athens used to descend to the coast.
1937 G. Mitchell Come away, Death i. 31 Now we go to Eleusis along the Sacred Way, to penetrate the meaning of the Mysteries.
1971 E. B. Garside & Wilkins tr. C. W. Ceram Gods, Graves & Scholars (ed. 2) xxiii. 292 The Sacred Way of Babylon ran..from the outer city walls to the Gate of Ishtar.
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sacred lotus n. the aquatic plant Nelumbo nucifera (family Nelumbonaceae) of tropical Asia and Australia, with large, emergent pink or white flowers and edible seeds; (also) any of several similar plants of the genus Nymphaea (family Nymphaeaceae) (now rare). The sacred lotus is a divine symbol in both Buddhism and Hinduism.
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1794 T. Maurice Indian Antiq. II. 144 The face on the right..looks enamoured on a bunch of flowers, perhaps the sacred lotos.
1833 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. 12 i. 16 Nor is it the sacred lotus alone which embellishes the wavelets of the Ganges.
1924 Brooklyn Bot. Garden Leaflets 17 Sept. 2 The Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) and the White Lotus (N. Lotus)... represent the true Egyptian or Sacred Lotus.
1967 New Scientist 19 Oct. 398/1 The previous record for seed longevity may have been that of the 2,000-year-old sacred lotus.
2009 M. Griffiths Lotus Quest ii. 12 Taeko-san's gift was Nelumbo nucifera, the sacred or Indian lotus.
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