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Nacre vs Sacre - What's the difference?

nacre | sacre |

As verbs the difference between nacre and sacre

is that nacre is while sacre is .

As adjectives the difference between nacre and sacre

is that nacre is pearly while sacre is sacred, holy or sacre can be related to sacrum.

nacre

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete) * (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl.
  • *, II.12:
    • The shell-fish called a Nacre , liveth even so with the Pinnotere, which is a little creature like unto a Crabfish.
  • A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl.
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    • Derived terms

    * (l)

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    sacre

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (obsolete) To consecrate
  • * c.1382-1395 , , 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 , ,
    • 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.

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