Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To hallow; dedicate; devote; set apart; consecrate.
- noun A sacred solemnity or service.
- noun See
saker .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
saker . - transitive verb obsolete To consecrate; to make sacred.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
consecrate
Etymologies
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A recent entry discussed the history of the multivalent word sacre carrying both the positive and negative connotations of Latin sacer; another explains why you sometimes have to use the singular even when it seems you're talking about something plural.
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The Greeks shouted forth oaths, warnings, entreaties, and directions, in their native tongue: with these were intermingled, in indescribable confusion, the English "d-- n," the French "sacre," the
Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 John Auldjo
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English; his vocabulary being largely interspersed with "enfant de garce," "sacre," "sacre enfant," and "damn" until it was a difficult matter to tell what he was talking about.
The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway Henry Inman 1868
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The song of the Canadian boatman was heard no longer; but, in its place, the "sacre" and English exclamations were spluttered plentifully, and hurled at everything
The Scalp Hunters Mayne Reid 1850
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In Europe, Standard & Poor's stripped France of its AAA credit rating sacre bleu! and downgraded eight other countries.
Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup Arianna Huffington 2012
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In Europe, Standard & Poor's stripped France of its AAA credit rating sacre bleu! and downgraded eight other countries.
Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup Arianna Huffington 2012
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In Europe, Standard & Poor's stripped France of its AAA credit rating sacre bleu! and downgraded eight other countries.
Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup Arianna Huffington 2012
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In Europe, Standard & Poor's stripped France of its AAA credit rating sacre bleu! and downgraded eight other countries.
Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup Arianna Huffington 2012
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In Europe, Standard & Poor's stripped France of its AAA credit rating sacre bleu! and downgraded eight other countries.
Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup Arianna Huffington 2012
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The shark needs to be distinguished from what is basically described as a giant great white shark; it needs to be different yet sacre people out of thier seats upon seeing it on the big screen.
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