Sacre
Origin
From Middle English sacren, sakeren, from Old French sacrer ("to hallow"), from Latin sacrÅ ("to make sacred", consecrate"), from sacer ("sacred", "holy").
Full definition of sacre
Verb
- (obsolete) To consecrate
- c.1382-1395, John 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.
- 1885, Richard Francis Burton, ,And I purpose this night to sacre you all with the Holy Incense.
- 1911, Aix-la-Chapelle, article in ,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.