sacre
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9.9
- noun
- Archaic
:
sagrado
- The traditional sacre of the new king was attended by many dignitaries and religious leaders.
Examples
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Any memory of the supine bundles of his earlier sacre conversazioni was now banished, and in its place, Bonifacio achieved a new monumentality and talent for expressive characterization.
Academic text (2000) -
During the grand sacre, the monarch was anointed with holy oil, signifying their divine right to rule.
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One of the finest sacres I performed was with Slatkin.
Blog text (17) -
We're posed on the steps of the Church of the Sacre Coeur, which is the only church in Paris that I've found that forbids any photography inside the church.
Blog text (15) -
Le Sacre du Printemps or The Wasteland could no more have been composed in 1850 than Les Demoiselles d'Avignon could have been painted then.
Academic text (1997) -
Commenting on Stravinsky's Sacre du printemps, Adorno notes how the sacrifice of a young girl on stage is something "the music accompanies without comment" (46).
Academic text (2000) -
Jeanne Dorge, better known as Sister Marie-Andre de Sacre-Coeur, was a White Sister who denounced the oppression suffered by African women in their families and marriages.
Academic text (1994) -
In Audrey's room, each woman stared steadfastly out the window at Sacre Coeur instead of at each other. Audrey presented again her plans for her own agency and her need to be financially and psychologically self-sufficient.
Fiction book (1994) -
In ancient times, a sacre would be held to bless the new ruler and celebrate their inauguration.
Synonyms
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2.5
A formal event that follows traditional rules for a special occasion
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5.3
A ceremony where people place a crown on a new king or queen to show official power
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8.7
To make a place or object sacred in a special religious ceremony
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6.0
A formal event where a king or queen is officially crowned
A public ceremony where people put a crown on a king or queen
How Ceremonial
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sacre is the name for a royal consecration and comes from the Latin root sacer meaning 'sacred'. So a sacre is a ceremony that makes a ruler 'sacred', like a formal crowning.