Sacre vs Sacred - What's the difference?
sacre | sacred |
(obsolete) To consecrate
* c.1382-1395 , , Exodus 28:41,
* 1885 , ,
* 1911 , Aix-la-Chapelle'', article in '' ,
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.
Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred history.
Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; -- with to.
(archaic) Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful.
(sacre)
As verbs the difference between sacre and sacred
is that sacre is to consecrate while sacred is past tense of sacre.As an adjective sacred is
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.sacre
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Verb
(en-verb)- 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.
- And I purpose this night to sacre you all with the Holy Incense.
- 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.
Anagrams
* ----sacred
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) sacred, isacred, past participle of (etyl) sacren, .Adjective
(en adjective)- Smit with the love of sacred song. -.
- Such neighbor nearness to our sacred [royal] blood Should nothing privilege him.
- Poet and saint to thee alone were given, The two most sacred names of earth and heaven. -Cowley.
- Secrets of marriage still are sacred held. -.
- A temple, sacred to the queen of love. -.
- But, to destruction sacred and devote. -.