† sacrifiern.
Obsolete.
A sacrificing priest.
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sacrifiera1382
sacrificer1547
sacrificulist1652
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xix. 3 Thei shul aske..ther deuel cleperes and ther deuel sacrifieres [L. ariolos].
1547 tr. A. de Marcourt Bk. Marchauntes (new ed.) e v b The Pharisiens, sacrifiers, Scribes, and docters.
1553 J. Bale Vocacyon 7 Baals..sorcerouse sacrifiers.
1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 90 Quhy teche ze.. that the wordis of sanctificatioun of the sacrament of our Lordis body and bluid ar nocht to be pronounceit to the end, that thair suld be ony transubstantiatioun thairby, or be the intent of the sacrificear [Edinb. MS. sacrifiar]?
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