sacre

Etymology 1

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”).

verb

  1. (obsolete) To consecrate
    c.1382-1395, John Wycliffe, Bible (Wycliffe), Exodus 28:41, 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.
    And I purpose this night to sacre you all with the Holy Incense. 1885, Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
    From the coronation of Louis the Pious in 813 until that of Ferdinand I. in 1531 the sacring of the German kings took place at Aix, and as many as thirty-two emperors and kings were here crowned. 1911, “Aix-la-Chapelle”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

Etymology 2

noun

  1. Alternative form of saker (“type of cannon”)

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