of churches, and other ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same kind in France and
Germany.
2. Same as Sacramentarian, n., 1.
Papists, Anabaptists, and Sacramentaries.
Jer. Taylor. Sacramentize
(Sac"ra*ment*ize) v. i. To administer the sacraments. [R.]
Both to preach and sacramentize.
Fuller. Sacrarium
(||Sa*cra"ri*um) n.; pl. -ria [L., fr. sacer sacred.]
1. A sort of family chapel in the houses of the Romans, devoted to a special divinity.
2. The adytum of a temple. Gwilt.
3. In a Christian church, the sanctuary.
Sacrate
(Sa"crate) v. t. [L. sacratus, p. p. of sacrare. See Sacred.] To consecrate. [Obs.]
Sacration
(Sa*cra"tion) n. Consecration. [Obs.]
Sacre
(Sa"cre) n. See Saker.
Sacre
(Sa"cre), v. t. [F. sacrer. See Sacred.] To consecrate; to make sacred. [Obs.] Holland.
Sacred
(Sa"cred) a. [Originally p. p. of OE. sacren to consecrate, F. sacrer, fr. L. sacrare, fr. sacer
sacred, holy, cursed. Cf. Consecrate, Execrate, Saint, Sexton.]
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.
2. Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred history.
Smit with the love of sacred song.
Milton. 3. Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence,
or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
Such neighbor nearness to our sacred [royal] blood
Should nothing privilege him.
Shak.
Poet and saint to thee alone were given,
The two most sacred names of earth and heaven.
Cowley. 4. Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
Secrets of marriage still are sacred held.
Dryden. 5. Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; — with to.
A temple, sacred to the queen of love.
Dryden. 6. Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful. [Archaic]
But, to destruction sacred and devote.
Milton.
