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Synonyms for sacra

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sak-ruh m, sey-kruh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæk rəm, ˈseɪ krəm

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Définition of sacra

Origin :
  • bone at the base of the spine, 1753, from Late Latin os sacrum "sacred bone," from Latin os "bone" (see osseous) + sacrum, neuter of sacer "sacred" (see sacred). Said to be so called because the bone was the part of animals that was offered in sacrifices. Translation of Greek hieron osteon. Greek hieros also can mean "strong," and some sources suggest the Latin is a mistranslation of Galen, who was calling it "the strong bone."
  • As in rump : noun bottom, posterior of animal or human
Example sentences :
  • And Huxley, in controversy, was no more kind to my sacra than to other people's.
  • Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • The gens had its own sacellum or chapel, and its own sacra or religious rites.
  • Extract from : « Custom and Myth » by Andrew Lang
  • An oak tree with a scroll containing the words “Sacra Quercus.”
  • Extract from : « The Curiosities of Heraldry » by Mark Antony Lower
  • The cults recognized by the state are the sacra of noble clans.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 » by Various
  • Not, of course, to be confused with the sacra rappresentazione so called.
  • Extract from : « Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama » by Walter W. Greg
  • Sepulture among the Romans was of extreme importance, being closely connected with the sacra gentilitia, or family rites.
  • Extract from : « The Apostles » by Ernest Renan
  • They are prefaced by some general reflexions on the mischiefs occasioned by the sacra fames auri.
  • Extract from : « Four Early Pamphlets » by William Godwin
  • The worker in wrought iron welds such screens as guard the chapel of the Sacra Cintola at Prato.
  • Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy Vol. 3 » by John Addington Symonds
  • In the Roman sacra gentilicia it was rather the divinized ancestors who were the guests—they were entertained by the living.
  • Extract from : « Introduction to the History of Religions » by Crawford Howell Toy
  • The Sacra Rappresentazione, which was developed from it, was a very different affair.
  • Extract from : « Some Forerunners of Italian Opera » by William James Henderson

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