sacrate

English

Verb

sacrate (third-person singular simple present sacrates, present participle sacrating, simple past and past participle sacrated)

1. (obsolete) To consecrate or dedicate

   Synonyms: behallow, sacralize, sanctify; see also Thesaurus:consecrate

Adjective

sacrate (comparative more sacrate, superlative most sacrate)

1. (obsolete) consecrated; hallowed, sacred

   Synonyms: holy, sanctified; see also Thesaurus:sanctified

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “sacrate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Caserta, acaters, car seat, carates, cat's ear, ectaras, rasceta, tear sac

Latin

Etymology

From sacrō (“consecrate, dedicate, devote”).

Adverb

sacrātē (not comparable)

1. holily, piously
2. mysteriously, mystically

Related terms

• sacer
• sacerdōs
• sacerdōtālis
• sacerdōtium
• sacerdōtula
• sacrāmentālis
• sacrāmentum
• sacrārium
• sacrārius
• sacrātiō
• sacrātor
• sacricola
• sacrifer
• sacrificālis
• sacrificātiō
• sacrificātor
• sacrificātus
• sacrificiolus
• sacrificium
• sacrificō
• sacrificulus
• sacrificus
• sacrilegē
• sacrilegium
• sacrilegus
• sacrō
• sacrōsanctus
• sacrum

References

• “sacrate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sacrate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.