sacrirege.html - {n.} A baseball hit high in the air that helps a runner score after it is caught. * /Mantle drove in two runs with a single and a sacrifice fly./

sacrirege.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a the act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else more important or worthy. b a thing given up in this way. c the loss entailed in this.
2 a the slaughter of an animal or person or the surrender of a possession as an offering to a deity. b an animal, person, or thing offered in this way.
3 an act of prayer, thanksgiving, or penitence as propitiation.
4 Theol. a Christ's offering of himself in the Crucifixion. b the Eucharist as either a propitiatory offering of the body and blood of Christ or an act of thanksgiving.
5 (in games) a loss incurred deliberately to avoid a greater loss or to obtain a compensating advantage.

--v.

1 tr. give up (a thing) as a sacrifice.
2 tr. (foll. by to) devote or give over to.
3 tr. (also absol.) offer or kill as a sacrifice.

sacrificial adj. sacrificially adv. [ME f. OF f. L sacrificium f. sacrificus (as SACRED)]

sacrirege.html - n.
the violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred.

sacrilegious adj. sacrilegiously adv. [ME f. OF f. L sacrilegium f. sacrilegus stealer of sacred things, f. sacer sacri sacred + legere take possession of]

sacrirege.html - n.
archaic 1 the consecration of the Eucharistic elements.
2 the ordination and consecration of a bishop, sovereign, etc.

sacring bell a bell rung at the elevation of the elements in the Eucharist. [ME f. obs. sacre: see SACRED]

sacrirege.html - n.
1 a person in charge of a sacristy and its contents.
2 archaic the sexton of a parish church. [ME f. med.L sacristanus (as SACRED)]

sacrirege.html - n.
(pl. -ies) a room in a church, where the vestments, sacred vessels, etc., are kept and the celebrant can prepare for a service. [F sacristie or It. sacrestia or med.L sacristia (as SACRED)]