'Sacre' definitions:
Definition of 'Sacre'
From: GCIDE
- Sacre \Sa"cre\, v. t. [F. sacrer. See Sacred.] To consecrate; to make sacred. [Obs.] --Holland. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'sacre'
From: GCIDE
- Saker \Sa"ker\ (s[=a]"k[~e]r), n. [F. sacre (cf. It. sagro, Sp. & Pg. sacre), either fr. L. sacer sacred, holy, as a translation of Gr. "ie`rax falcon, from "iero`s holy, or more probably from Ar. [,c]aqr hawk.] [Written also sacar, sacre.]
- 1. (Zool.) (a) A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The female is called chargh, and the male charghela, or sakeret. [1913 Webster] (b) The peregrine falcon. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mil.) A small piece of artillery. --Wilhelm. [1913 Webster]
- On the bastions were planted culverins and sakers. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- The culverins and sakers showing their deadly muzzles over the rampart. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Sacre'
- Sacred,
- Sacredly,
- Sacring,
- Sacred Heart,
- Sacred baboon,
- Sacred bean,
- Sacred beetle,
- Sacred canon,
- Sacred fish,
- Sacred ibis,
- Sacred monkey,
- Sacred place,
- Sacring bell,
- The sacred college,
- sacred bull,
- sacred college,
- sacred cow,
- sacred fig,
- sacred lotus,
- sacred mushroom,
- sacred scripture,
- sacred text,
- sacred trinity,
- sacred writing,
- Sacred Heart, MN,
- Society of the Sacred Heart,
- consecrated sacred sanctified,
- doctor of sacred theology