† ˈsacry Obs.
Forms: 4 sacre, sakare, sacry.
[ME. saˈcrē, app. due to a confusion of secre (the ‘secret of the Mass’) with F. sacré pa. pple. of sacrer: see sacre v.1]
The consecration of the Mass; = sacring vbl. n. 1.
| 1303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 7297 Here ȝyt a messe, Al holy, and no lesse, And nat symple, a sakare, For hyt ys nat y-now for þe. Ibid. 7949 For euery prest, aftyr þe sacré, He parteþ þere Goddys body yn þre. 13.. Metr. Hom. (Vernon MS.) in Archiv Stud. neu. Spr. LVII. 282 [He said] Ihesu was not þat oble þat was raised atte sacre. 1463 Bury Wills (Camden) 29 To do the chymes goo at y⊇ sacry of the messe of Jhū. |
b. attrib. sacry bell = sacring-bell.
| c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 255 Than gon to chirche or heare the sacry belle. c 1460 Promp. Parv. (Winch.) 388 Sacrybelle, tintinabulum. |