2. Noun. (archaic) consecration of a person for holy office, usually a bishop or sovereign. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of sacre) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sacring
1. the consecration of bread and wine of the Eucharist [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sacring
Literary usage of Sacring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, William Caxton (1899)
"And when it came to the sacring, he that lay within that perclose dressed him
up, and uncovered his head, and then him beseemed a passing old man, ..."
2. The Inventories of Church Goods for the Counties of York, Durham, and by William Page (1897)
"... one sauce bell, two hand belles, and one sacring bell. ... one hand bell, and
one sacring bell. Houghton :—One challice with a paten, parcell gilt, ..."
3. The Inventories of Church Goods for the Counties of York, Durham, and by William Page (1897)
"... one sauce bell, two hand belles, and one sacring bell. ... one hand bell, and
one sacring bell. Houghton :—One challice with a paten, parcell gilt, ..."
4. Sacred Archæology: A Popular Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Art and by Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott (1868)
"Cardinal Pole desired "a little sacring-bell" to be used before it. In 1281
Peckham recommended that it should be given to persons in a frenzy or alienated ..."
5. A Glossary of Liturgical and Ecclesiastical Terms by Frederick George Lee (1877)
"sacring-BELL.—A small hand-bell used in the Western Church to call the ...
sacring-CARD.—A table or tablet on which the Canon of the Mass is written out, ..."
6. Notes & Queries for Somerset and Dorset edited by Hugh Norris, Charles Herbert Mayo, Frederic William Weaver (1893)
"The purpose of the sacring bell was totally different. Since the service at the
altar was conducted inaudibly and in a foreign tongue, some such device was ..."
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