Sa"cre (?), n. See Saker.
Sa"cre, v. t. [F. sacrer. See Sacred.] To consecrate; to make sacred.
[Obs.] Holland.
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.