n. [ F., fr. LL. mazacrium; cf. Prov. G. metzgern, metzgen, to kill cattle, G. metzger a butcher, and LG. matsken to cut, hew, OHG. meizan to cut, Goth. máitan. ]
I'll find a day to massacre them all,
And raze their faction and their family. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
If thou delight to view thy heinous deeds,
Brhold this pattern of thy butcheries. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such a scent I draw
Of carnage, prey innumerable! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
If James should be pleased to massacre them all, as Maximian had massacred the Theban legion. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who massacres. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Saker. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ F. sacrer. See Sacred. ] To consecrate; to make sacred. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Originally p. p. of OE. sacren to consecrate, F. sacrer, fr. L. sacrare, fr. sacer sacred, holy, cursed. Cf. Consecrate, Execrate, Saint, Sexton. ]
Smit with the love of sacred song. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such neighbor nearness to our sacred [ royal ] blood
Should nothing privilege him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Poet and saint to thee alone were given,
The two most sacred names of earth and heaven. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]
Secrets of marriage still are sacred held. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
A temple, sacred to the queen of love. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
But, to destruction sacred and devote. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Society of the Sacred Heart (R.C. Ch.),
Sacred baboon. (Zool.)
Sacred bean (Bot.),
Sacred beetle (Zool.)
Sacred canon.
Sacred fish (Zool.),
Sacred ibis.
Sacred monkey. (Zool.)
Sacred place (Civil Law),
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n. [ Corrupted from NL. staphis agria, Gr.