Sacre Definition

verb
1885, Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night,
And I purpose this night to sacre you all with the Holy Incense.
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1911, Aix-la-Chapelle, article in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica,
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.
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Noun

Singular:
sacre
Plural:
sacres

Origin of Sacre

  • From Middle English sacren, sakeren, from Old French sacrer (“to hallow”), from Latin sacrō (“to make sacred", consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred", "holy”).

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Sacre Sentence Examples

  • The list of his works closes with his Opere sacre, a series of treatises on spiritual subjects.

  • The duet, "Amour sacre de la patrie," was welcomed like a new Marseillaise; sung by Nourrit at Brussels in 1830, it became the signal for the revolution which broke out there.

  • Sacre nom...! cried he angrily.

  • The buildings include the residence of the administrator, barracks, a government school for natives, a mosque and Hindu temple, and the establishment of the Mission du Sacre Caur, which possesses a large plantation of coco-nut palms. Bagamoyo is in telegraphic communication with Zanzibar and with the other coast towns of German East Africa, and has regular steamship communication with Zanzibar.

  • The guidance highlights five key dimensions of a SACRE's work and provides exemplification of good practice.

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