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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Săc'cu-lar, a. p. 1161Like a sac; sacciform. Dana.Săc'cu-lā'ted, a. p. 1161Furnished with little sacs. Dana.Săc'cŭle, n. p. 1161A little sack.Sa-cĕl'ium, n. p. 1161(Arch.) An ornamental chapel within a church. Gwill.Săç'er-dō'tal, a. p. 1161Pertaining to priests, or to the order of priests; relating to the priesthood; priestly; as, sacerdotal dignity; sacerdotal functions. The ascendency of the sacerdotal order was long the ascendency…Săç'er-dō'tal-ism, n. p. 1161The style, spirit, or character of the priesthood; devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order.Săç'er-dō'tal-ly, adv. p. 1161In a sacerdotal manner.Săch'el, n. p. 1161A small sack or bag; a bag for carrying papers and books. [Written also satchel.]Sā'chem, n. p. 1161A chief of a tribe of the American Indians; a sagamore. See SAGAMORE.Sā'chem-dŏm, n. p. 1161The government or jurisdiction of a sachem. Dwight.Să'chem-shĭp, n. p. 1161Office or condition of a sachem.Sachet, n. p. 1161A scent-bag, or perfume-cushion. Simmonds.Sa-çhĕv'er-el, n. p. 1161A blower for the mouth of a stove. Halliwell.Săck, n. p. 1161A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, or the like; a large pouch. 2. A measure of three bushels. [Obs.] Johnson.Săck, n. p. 1161A loosely hanging garment for males or females, worn like a cloak about the shoulders. [Written also sacque.]Săck, v. t. p. 1161To put in a sack; to bag; to put in pouches.Săck, n. p. 1161A Spanish wine of the dry kind; sherry. Shak.Sack, n. p. 1161The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage. The town was stormed, and delivered up to sack, — by which phrase is to be understood the…Sack, v. t. p. 1161To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage. The Romans lay under the apprehension of seeing their city sacked by a barbarous enemy. Addison.Săck'age, n. p. 1161The act of taking by storm and pillaging; sack. [Rare.] Roscoe.Sack'but, n. p. 1161(Mus.) A brass wind instrument of music, like a trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; — said to be the same as the trombone. Moore.Sack'cloth, n. p. 1161Cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; often a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, or mortification. Gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. 2 Sam. iii. 31. Thus with…Săck'elŏthĕd, a. p. 1161Clothed in sackcloth.Săck'er, n. p. 1161One who sacks; one who captures and plunders a town.Sack'ful, n. p. 1161As much as a sack will hold.Săck'ful, a. p. 1161Bent on plunder; seizing; ravaging. [Obs.] Now will I sing the sackful troops Pelasgian Argos held. Chapman.Sack'ing, n. p. 1161Cloth of which sacks or bags are made. 2. The coarse cloth or canvas fastened to a bedstead for supporting the bed.Sāck'less, a. p. 1161Quiet; peaceable; not quarrelsome; harmless; innocent. [Rare.] W. Scott.Säck'-pös/set, n. p. 1161A posset made of sack, milk, and some other ingredients.Sācque, n. p. 1161A kind of light, loose cloak. See SACK.Sā'eral, a. p. 1161(Anat.) Relating to the sacrum.Săc'ra-ment, n. p. 1161A sacred thing; a mystery; a mysterious or holy token or pledge. [Obs.] God sometimes sent a light of fire, and pillar of a cloud, ... and the sacrament of a rainbow, to guide his people through…Sā'cra-ment, v. t. p. 1161To bind by an oath. [Obs.]Săc'ra-mĕnt'al, a. p. 1161Belonging or relating to, or constituting a sacrament; sacredly or solemnly binding; as, sacramental rites or elements. 2. Bound by a sacrament. And trains, By every rule of discipline, to glorious…Săc'ra-mĕnt'al, n. p. 1161That which relates to a sacrament. Morton.Săc'ra-mĕnt'al-īsm, n. p. 1161Government administered by priests; priestly rule or authority. [Rare.]Sac'ra-mēnt'al-ly, adv. p. 1161After the manner of a sacrament.Săc'ra-ment-ā'ri-an, n. p. 1161(Eccl.) One who rejects either the Roman Catholic or the Lutheran doctrine of the real presence of Christ's body and blood, in the sacrament of the eucharist or Lord's Supper.Săc'ra-ment-ā'ri-an, a. p. 1161Pertaining to the sacraments. 2. Pertaining to the Sacramentarians.Sæ'ra-mĕnt'a-ry, n. p. 1161An ancient book of the Roman Catholic church, written by Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected, and abridged, by St. Gregory, in which were contained all the prayers and ceremonies practiced in the…Săc'ra-mĕnt'a-ry, a. p. 1161Pertaining to the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. 2. Pertaining to the Sacramentarians.Săc'ra-ment-īze, v. i. p. 1161To administer the sacraments. [Obs.] “Both to preach and sacramentize.” Fuller.Sa·crāʹri·ūm, n. p. 1161A sort of family chapel in the houses of the Romans, devoted to some particular divinity. Elmes. 2. The adytum of a temple. Gwill.Sā'crāte, v. t. p. 1161To consecrate. [Obs.]Sāʾere, n. p. 1161The same as SAKER. See SAKER.Sāʹere, v. t. p. 1161To consecrate; to make sacred. [Obs.] Holland.Sāʹcred, a. p. 1161Set 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…Sāʹcred·ly, adv. p. 1161In a sacred manner; with reverence; religiously; as, to observe the Sabbath sacredly. 2. Inviolably; strictly; as, to observe one’s word sacredly; a secret to be sacredly kept.Sā'cred-ness, n. p. 1161The state of being sacred, or consecrated to God, to his worship, or to religious uses; holiness; sanctity; as, the sacredness of the sanctuary, or of the Sabbath. 2. Inviolableness; as, the…Sa·crif'ie or Sa·crif'ie·al, a. p. 1161Employed in sacrifice. Johnson.Sa-crĭf'ie-a-ble, a. p. 1161Capable of being offered in sacrifice. [Obs.] Browne.Sa-crif'i-ci-ant, n. p. 1161One who offers a sacrifice. [Obs.]Săc′ri-fi-cā′tor, n. p. 1161A sacrificer; one who offers a sacrifice. [Obs.] Browne.Sa-crif'i-e-a-to-ry, a. p. 1161Offering sacrifice. [Obs.] Sherwood.Săc'ri-fice, v. t. p. 1161To make an offering of; to consecrate or present, by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a token of acknowledgment or thanksgiving, to some divinity; to immolate on the altar of God, either as an…Săc'ri-fīce, v. i. p. 1162To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar. O teacher, some great mischief hath befallen To that meek man who well had sacrificed. Milton.Sāc'ri-fīce, n. p. 1162The offering of any thing to God or to a god; consecratory rite. Great pomp, and sacrifice, and praises loud To Dagon. Milton. 2. Any thing consecrated and offered to a divinity; an immolated victim…Sāc'rī-fīc'er, n. p. 1162One who sacrifices or immolates.Săc'ri-fi'cial, a. p. 1162Relating to, concerned with, or consisting in, sacrifice; performing sacrifice; included in sacrifice. “Sacrificial rites.” Bp. Taylor.Săc'ri-lē'ge, n. p. 1162The crime of violating or profaning sacred things; the alienating to laymen, or to common purposes, what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses. And the hid treasures in…