Middle English Dictionary Entry
sacrāte ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | sacrāte ppl. |
| Etymology | L sacrātus, p.ppl. of sacrāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Dedicated, consecrated; maken ~, to consecrate.
Associated quotations
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6.401 : He gate ij doȝhters, seynte Edburga, a virgyn sacrate [Trev.: i-sacred; L sacratam] to God, beriede at Wynchestre, and Edgiva..mariede to Lodowicus, kynge of Aquitanny.
- a1500 Abbrev.Elucid.(Pen 12)32/29 : May synfull prestis make sacrate and make a perfite sacrament by the vertu of worde?