sacring

English

Etymology

From sacre +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɪkɹɪŋ/

Noun

sacring (countable and uncountable, plural sacrings) (archaic)

1. Consecration of the Eucharist.
2. Consecration of a person for holy office, usually a bishop or sovereign.
   • 1985 September 1, Anthony Burgess, chapter 3, in The Kingdom of the Wicked, London: Allison & Busby, published 2009, →ISBN, page 266:

     Judaea greeted its monarch. He was to ascend to the immemorial sacring place of millennia of kings, there to be endued with the robe and crown of rule.

Derived terms

• sacring bell

Verb

sacring

1. present participle and gerund of sacre

Anagrams

• arcings, carings, crasing, racings, scaring