Middle English Dictionary Entry
unsā̆cred(e ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | unsā̆cred(e ppl. |
| Etymology | From sā̆cred(e , p.ppl. of sacren v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of the Eucharistic bread or wafer: unconsecrated; of a person: not having undergone consecration as a bishop.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.263 : Thomas wolde ȝit nouȝt assent, but wiþ seide it and wente his wey unsacred [Higd.(2): not consecrate; L minime sacratus].
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)112/30 : Þai cownceld þe preste to feche ane hoste þat was vnsacred.
- a1500(1382) Knighton Chron.Contin.(Cld E.3)161 : Þe Sacrament of the Autere, white and ronde and like tyl oure brede or oate unsacrede, is verray Goddus body in fourme of brede.