Thus with sackcloth I invest my woe.
Sandys.
Sack"clothed` (?), a. Clothed in sackcloth.
Sack"er (?), n. One who sacks; one who takes part in the storm and
pillage of a town.
Sack"ful (?), n.; pl. Sackfuls (&?;). As much as a sack will hold.
Sack"ful, a. Bent on plunder. [Obs.] Chapman.
Sack"ing, n. [AS. sæccing, from sæcc sack, bag.] Stout, coarse cloth of
which sacks, bags, etc., are made.
Sack"less, a. [AS. sacleás; sacu contention + leás loose, free from.]
Quiet; peaceable; harmless; innocent. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Sack"-winged` (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having a peculiar pouch developed near
the front edge of the wing; -- said of certain bats of the genus
Saccopteryx.
Sacque (?), n. [Formed after the analogy of the French. See 2d Sack.]
Same as 2d Sack, 3.
Sa"cral (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sacrum; in the region
of the sacrum.
Sac"ra*ment (?), n. [L. sacramentum an oath, a sacred thing, a mystery,
a sacrament, fr. sacrare to declare as sacred, sacer sacred: cf. F.
sacrement. See Sacred.] 1. The oath of allegiance taken by Roman
soldiers; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a
solemn oath-taking; an oath. [Obs.]
I'll take the sacrament on't.
Shak.
2. The pledge or token of an oath or solemn covenant; a sacred thing; a
mystery. [Obs.]
God sometimes sent a light of fire, and pillar of a cloud . . . and
the sacrament of a rainbow, to guide his people through their
portion of sorrows.
Jer. Taylor.
3. (Theol.) One of the solemn religious ordinances enjoined by Christ,
the head of the Christian church, to be observed by his followers;
hence, specifically, the eucharist; the Lord's Supper.
Syn. -- Sacrament, Eucharist. -- Protestants apply the term sacrament
to baptism and the Lord's Supper, especially the latter. The R. Cath.
and Greek churches have five other sacraments, viz., confirmation,
penance, holy orders, matrimony, and extreme unction. As sacrament
denotes an oath or vow, the word has been applied by way of emphasis to
the Lord's Supper, where the most sacred vows are renewed by the
Christian in commemorating the death of his Redeemer. Eucharist denotes
the giving of thanks; and this term also has been applied to the same
ordinance, as expressing the grateful remembrance of Christ's
sufferings and death. "Some receive the sacrament as a means to procure
great graces and blessings; others as an eucharist and an office of
thanksgiving for what they have received." Jer. Taylor.
Sac"ra*ment (?), v. t. To bind by an oath. [Obs.] Laud.
Sac`ra*men"tal (?), a. [L. sacramentalis: cf. F. sacramental,
sacramentel.] 1. Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; of
the nature of a sacrament; sacredly or solemnly binding; as,
sacramental rites or elements.