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Saccharimetry (săkkȧrĭm�tr�), n. The act, process or method of determining the amount and kind of sugar present in sirup, molasses, and the like, especially by the employment of polarizing apparatus.
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Saccharin (săkkȧrĭn), n. [F., from L. saccharon sugar.] (Chem.) A bitter white crystalline substance obtained from the saccharinates and regarded as the lactone of saccharinic acid; -- so called because formerly supposed to be isomeric with cane sugar (saccharose).
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Saccharinate (?), n. (Chem.) (a) A salt of saccharinic acid. (b) A salt of saccharine.
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Saccharine (? or ?), a. [F. saccharin, fr. L. saccharon sugar, Gr. �, �, �, Skr. çarkara. Cf. .] Of or pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar; producing sugar; sweet; as, a saccharine taste; saccharine matter.
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Saccharine (? or ?), n. (Chem.) A trade name for benzoic sulphinide. [Written also saccharin.]
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Saccharinic (?), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharin; specifically, designating a complex acid not known in the free state but well known in its salts, which are obtained by boiling dextrose and levulose (invert sugar) with milk of lime.
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Saccharize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saccharized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Saccharizing (?).] To convert into, or to impregnate with, sugar.
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{ Saccharoid (?), Saccharoidal (?), } a. [L. saccharon sugar + -oid: cf. F. saccharoïde.] Resembling sugar, as in taste, appearance, consistency, or composition; as, saccharoidal limestone.
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Saccharometer (?), n. A saccharimeter.
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Saccharomyces (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � sugar + �, �, a fungus.] (Biol.) A genus of budding fungi, the various species of which have the power, to a greater or less extent, or splitting up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. They are the active agents in producing fermentation of wine, beer, etc. Saccharomyces cerevisiæ is the yeast of sedimentary beer. Also called Torula.
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Saccharomycetes (?), n. pl. (Biol.) A family of fungi consisting of the one genus Saccharomyces.
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Saccharonate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of saccharonic acid.
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Saccharone (?), n. [Saccharin + lactone.] (Chem.) (a) A white crystalline substance, C6H8O6, obtained by the oxidation of saccharin, and regarded as the lactone of saccharonic acid. (b) An oily liquid, C6H10O2, obtained by the reduction of saccharin.
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Saccharonic (?), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharone; specifically, designating an unstable acid which is obtained from saccharone (a) by hydration, and forms a well-known series of salts.
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Saccharose (?), n. (Chem.) Cane sugar; sucrose; also, in general, any one of the group of which saccharose, or sucrose proper, is the type. See .
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Saccharous (?), a. Saccharine.
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Saccharum (?), n. [NL. See .] (Bot.) A genus of tall tropical grasses including the sugar cane.
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Saccholactate (?), n. [See .] (Chem.) A salt of saccholactic acid; -- formerly called also saccholate. [Obs.] See .
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Saccholactic (?), a. [L. saccharon sugar + lac, lactis, milk.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called mucic acid; saccholic. [Obs.]
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Saccholic (?), a. Saccholactic. [Obs.]
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Sacchulmate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of sacchulmic acid.
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Sacchulmic (?), a. [Saccharine + ulmic.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a dark amorphous substance by the long-continued boiling of sucrose with very dilute sulphuric acid. It resembles humic acid. [Written also sacculmic.]
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Sacchulmin (?), n. (Chem.) An amorphous huminlike substance resembling sacchulmic acid, and produced together with it.
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Sacciferous (?), a. [L. saccus a sack + -ferous.] (Biol.) Bearing a sac.
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Sacciform (?), a. [L. saccus a sack + -form.] (Biol.) Having the general form of a sac.
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Saccoglossa (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. saccus a sack + Gr. � a tongue.] (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Saccular (?), a. Like a sac; sacciform.
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Sacculated (?), a. Furnished with little sacs.
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Saccule (?), n. [L. sacculus, dim. of saccus sack.] A little sac; specifically, the sacculus of the ear.
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Sacculo-cochlear (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the sacculus and cochlea of the ear.
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Sacculo-utricular (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the sacculus and utriculus of the ear.
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Sacculus (?), n.; pl. Sacculi (#). [L., little sack.] (Anat.) A little sac; esp., a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. See the Note under .
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Saccus (?), n.; pl. Sacci (#). [L., a sack.] (Biol.) A sac.
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Sacellum (?), n.; pl. Sacella (#). [L., dim. of sacrum a sacred place.] (a) (Rom. Antiq.) An unroofed space consecrated to a divinity. (b) (Eccl.) A small monumental chapel in a church. Shipley.
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Sacerdotal (?), a. [L. sacerdotalis, fr. sacerdos, -otis, a priest, fr. sacer holy, sacred: cf. F. sacerdotal.] Of or pertaining to priests, or to the order of priests; relating to the priesthood; priesty; as, sacerdotal dignity; sacerdotal functions.
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The ascendency of the sacerdotal order was long the ascendency which naturally and properly belongs to intellectual superiority. Macaulay.
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Sacerdotalism (?), n. The system, style, spirit, or character, of a priesthood, or sacerdotal order; devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order.
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Sacerdotally, adv. In a sacerdotal manner.
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Sachel (săchĕl), n. A small bag. See .
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Sachem (săch�m), n. A chief of a tribe of the American Indians; a sagamore. See .
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Sachemdom (-dŭm), n. The government or jurisdiction of a sachem. Dr. T. Dwight.
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Sachemship, n. Office or condition of a sachem.
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Sachet (?), n. [F., dim. of sac. See .] A scent bag, or perfume cushion, to be laid among handkerchiefs, garments, etc., to perfume them.
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Saciety (?), n. Satiety. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Sack (săk), n. [OE. seck, F. sec dry (cf. Sp. seco, It. secco), from L. siccus dry, harsh; perhaps akin to Gr. 'ischnos, Skr. sikata sand, Ir. sesc dry, W. hysp. Cf. .] A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines. “Sherris sack.” Shak.
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Coloq. Sack posset , a posset made of sack, and some other ingredients.
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Sack, n. [OE. sak, sek, AS. sacc, sæcc, L. saccus, Gr. sakkos from Heb. sak; cf. F. sac, from the Latin. Cf. , , to plunder.] 1. A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch.
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2. A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels. McElrath.
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3. [Perhaps a different word.] Originally, a loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing sack. [Written also sacque.]
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4. A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
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5. (Biol.) See 2d , 2.
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Coloq. Sack bearer (Zoöl.). See Basket worm, under . -- Coloq. Sack tree (Bot.), an East Indian tree (Antiaris saccidora) which is cut into lengths, and made into sacks by turning the bark inside out, and leaving a slice of the wood for a bottom. -- Coloq. To give the sack to or Coloq. get the sack , to discharge, or be discharged, from employment; to jilt, or be jilted. [Slang] -- Coloq. To hit the sack , to go to bed. [Slang]
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Sack, v. t. 1. To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.
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Bolsters sacked in cloth, blue and crimson. L. Wallace.
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2. To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders. [Colloq.]
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Sack, n. [F. sac plunder, pillage, originally, a pack, packet, booty packed up, fr. L. saccus. See a bag.] The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage.
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The town was stormed, and delivered up to sack, -- by which phrase is to be understood the perpetration of all those outrages which the ruthless code of war allowed, in that age, on the persons and property of the defenseless inhabitants, without regard to sex or age. Prescott.
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Sack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sacked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sacking.] [See pillage.] To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage.
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The Romans lay under the apprehensions of seeing their city sacked by a barbarous enemy. Addison.
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Sackage (?; 48), n. The act of taking by storm and pillaging; sack. [R.] H. Roscoe.
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Sackbut (?), n. [F. saquebute, OF. saqueboute a sackbut, earlier, a sort of hook attached to the end of a lance used by foot soldiers to unhorse cavalrymen; prop. meaning, pull and push; fr. saquier, sachier, to pull, draw (perhaps originally, to put into a bag or take out from a bag; see a bag) + bouter to push (see to thrust). The name was given to the musical instrument from its being lengthened and shortened.] (Mus.) A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the trombone. [Written also sagbut.] Moore (Encyc. of Music).
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☞ The sackbut of the Scriptures is supposed to have been a stringed instrument.
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Sackcloth (?; 115), n. Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence.
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Gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. 2 Sam. iii. 31.
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Thus with sackcloth I invest my woe. Sandys.
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Sackclothed (?), a. Clothed in sackcloth.
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Sacker (?), n. One who sacks; one who takes part in the storm and pillage of a town.
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Sackful (?), n.; pl. Sackfuls (�). As much as a sack will hold.
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Sackful, a. Bent on plunder. [Obs.] Chapman.
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Sacking, n. [AS. sæccing, from sæcc sack, bag.] Stout, coarse cloth of which sacks, bags, etc., are made.
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Sackless, a. [AS. sacleás; sacu contention + leás loose, free from.] Quiet; peaceable; harmless; innocent. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Sack-winged (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the wing; -- said of certain bats of the genus Saccopteryx.
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Sacque (?), n. [Formed after the analogy of the French. See 2d .] Same as 2d , 3.
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Sacral (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sacrum; in the region of the sacrum.
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Sacrament (?), n. [L. sacramentum an oath, a sacred thing, a mystery, a sacrament, fr. sacrare to declare as sacred, sacer sacred: cf. F. sacrement. See .] 1. The oath of allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath. [Obs.]
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I'll take the sacrament on't. Shak.
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2. The pledge or token of an oath or solemn covenant; a sacred thing; a mystery. [Obs.]
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God sometimes sent a light of fire, and pillar of a cloud . . . and the sacrament of a rainbow, to guide his people through their portion of sorrows. Jer. Taylor.
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3. (Theol.) One of the solemn religious ordinances enjoined by Christ, the head of the Christian church, to be observed by his followers; hence, specifically, the eucharist; the Lord's Supper.
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Syn. -- , . -- Protestants apply the term sacrament to baptism and the Lord's Supper, especially the latter. The R. Cath. and Greek churches have five other sacraments, viz., confirmation, penance, holy orders, matrimony, and extreme unction. As sacrament denotes an oath or vow, the word has been applied by way of emphasis to the Lord's Supper, where the most sacred vows are renewed by the Christian in commemorating the death of his Redeemer. Eucharist denotes the giving of thanks; and this term also has been applied to the same ordinance, as expressing the grateful remembrance of Christ's sufferings and death. “Some receive the sacrament as a means to procure great graces and blessings; others as an eucharist and an office of thanksgiving for what they have received.” Jer. Taylor.
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Sacrament (?), v. t. To bind by an oath. [Obs.] Laud.
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Sacramental (?), a. [L. sacramentalis: cf. F. sacramental, sacramentel.] 1. Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; of the nature of a sacrament; sacredly or solemnly binding; as, sacramental rites or elements.
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2. Bound by a sacrament.
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The sacramental host of God's elect. Cowper.
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Sacramental, n. That which relates to a sacrament. Bp. Morton.
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Sacramentalism (?), n. The doctrine and use of sacraments; attachment of excessive importance to sacraments.
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Sacramentalist, n. One who holds the doctrine of the real objective presence of Christ's body and blood in the holy eucharist. Shipley.
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Sacramentally, adv. In a sacramental manner.
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Sacramentarian (?), n. [LL. sacramentarius: cf. F. sacramentaire.] 1. (Eccl.) A name given in the sixteenth century to those German reformers who rejected both the Roman and the Lutheran doctrine of the holy eucharist.
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2. One who holds extreme opinions regarding the efficacy of sacraments.
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Sacramentarian, a. 1. Of or pertaining a sacrament, or to the sacramentals; sacramental.
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2. Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians.
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Sacramentary (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; sacramental.
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2. Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians.
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Sacramentary, n.; pl. -ries (#). [LL. sacramentarium: cf. F. sacramentaire.] 1. An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written by Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected, and abridged by St. Gregory, in which were contained the rites for Mass, the sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same kind in France and Germany.
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2. Same as , n., 1.
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Papists, Anabaptists, and Sacramentaries. Jer. Taylor.
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Sacramentize (?), v. i. To administer the sacraments. [R.]
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Both to preach and sacramentize. Fuller.
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Sacrarium (?), n.; pl. -ria (#). [L., fr. sacer sacred.] 1. A sort of family chapel in the houses of the Romans, devoted to a special divinity.
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2. The adytum of a temple. Gwilt.
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3. In a Christian church, the sanctuary.
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Sacrate (?), v. t. [L. sacratus, p. p. of sacrare. See .] To consecrate. [Obs.]
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Sacration (?), n. Consecration. [Obs.]
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Sacre (?), n. See .
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Sacre, v. t. [F. sacrer. See .] To consecrate; to make sacred. [Obs.] Holland.
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Sacred (?), a. [Originally p. p. of OE. sacren to consecrate, F. sacrer, fr. L. sacrare, fr. sacer sacred, holy, cursed. Cf. , , , .] 1. Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service.
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2. Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred history.
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Smit with the love of sacred song. Milton.
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3. Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
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Such neighbor nearness to our sacred [royal] blood
Should nothing privilege him. Shak.
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Poet and saint to thee alone were given,
The two most sacred names of earth and heaven. Cowley.
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4. Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
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Secrets of marriage still are sacred held. Dryden.
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5. Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; -- with to.
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A temple, sacred to the queen of love. Dryden.
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6. Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful. [Archaic]
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But, to destruction sacred and devote. Milton.
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