Sacration

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A coronation or consecration. countable, rare, uncountable

    "He was not certain whether the pious donations of the eleventh century were sacrations to God or the Devil, but he was quite certain that the patrimony of the Crown was as much sacratum as the revenue of the Church."

Example

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"He was not certain whether the pious donations of the eleventh century were sacrations to God or the Devil, but he was quite certain that the patrimony of the Crown was as much sacratum as the revenue of the Church."

Etymology

From Latin sacrātiō(n) (“dedication, consecration”).

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