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sacre

/ˈseɪkɚ/

sacre verb: to consecrate. Also the alternative form of saker.

Verb

sacre (third-person singular simple present sacres, present participle sacring, simple past and past participle sacred)

  1. (obsolete) To consecrate.
    • 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.c. 1382-1395, John Wycliffe, Bible (Wycliffe), Exodus 28:41
    • And I purpose this night to sacre you all with the Holy Incense.1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar...

Also used as

sacre is also the alternative form of saker.

Forms of sacre

Verb
third-person singular presentsacres
present participlesacring
past participlesacred
pastsacred
Noun
pluralsacres

Origin of sacre

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”).

Phrases with sacre

Words that rhyme with sacre

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Questions about sacre

What does sacre mean?
Sacre means to consecrate.
What part of speech is sacre?
Sacre is a verb.
How do you pronounce sacre?
Sacre is pronounced /ˈseɪkɚ/ (US).
What is the past tense of sacre?
The past tense of sacre is sacred.

Words near sacre in the dictionary

  1. sacrates
  2. sacrating
  3. sacration
  4. sacrations
  5. Sacratomato
  6. sacre
  7. sacre bleu
  8. sacre conversazioni
  9. sacrebleu
  10. sacrectomies
  11. sacrectomy

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