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sacre

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: sāʹkər
  • General-American: /ˈseɪkɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪkə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

Alternative form of saker (“type of cannon”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To consecrate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • c.''' 1382-1395, John Wycliffe, Bible (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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English sacren, sakeren (“to make holy, hallow”), from Old French sacrer (“to hallow, consecrate, anoint, dedicate”), from Latin sacrō (“to make sacred, consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh2krós (“sacred”), from *seh2k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”).