▪ I. † unˈsacred, ppl. a.1 Obs.
[un-1 8.]
Unconsecrated.
| 1382 Wyclif in Knighton Chron. (Rolls) II. 161 Þe Sacrament of the Autere white and ronde and like tyl oure brede or ost unsacrede. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 263 Thomas wolde ȝit nouȝt assent, but..wente his wey unsacred. c 1440 Alph. Tales 112 Þai cownceld þe preste to feche ane hoste þat was vnsacred & giff hym. |
▪ II. unˈsacred, ppl. a.2
[un-2 8.]
Deprived of sacred character.
| 1652 Howell Giraffi's Rev. Naples ii. 35 A Jesuite was also beheaded, but he was unsacred and degraded first of his function. |
▪ III. unˈsacred, a.
[un-1 7 and 5 b.]
Not sacred; profane.
| 1608 Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. iii. Schisme 188 Th' unsacred Altar sudden slent in twain. a 1641 Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 204 No person, uncleane, common, unsacred, must approach unto Gods altar. c 1712 W. King Case Consc. Wks. 1776 III. 249 If from a place unsacred you should take A sacred thing,..Or an unsacred thing from sacred place. 1755 G. Lavington Moravians Compared 113 The Valentinians' unsacred Sacraments, and profane Initiations. 1872 Swinburne Under Microscope 28 The unsacred secrets of no Eleusinian initiation. |