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  • The word translated "swarms of flies" most probably denotes the great Egyptian beetle, Scarabaeus sacer, which is constantly represented in their sculptures.

    Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

  • Sacrifice comes from the Latin sacer, from which we derive the word "sacred."

    Rabbi Josh Feigelson: What Would You Sacrifice To Repair The World? Rabbi Josh Feigelson 2012

  • Sacrifice comes from the Latin sacer, from which we derive the word "sacred."

    Rabbi Josh Feigelson: What Would You Sacrifice To Repair The World? Rabbi Josh Feigelson 2012

  • The next one is going to be called Horny Stepmoms and the Rise of the Homo sacer.

    Today I Stood Tall Before the Man 2010

  • Sola digna tu fuisti ferre saeculi pretium, atque portum praeparare nauta mundo naufrago, quem sacer cruor perunxit, fusus Agni corpore.

    Archive 2009-04-01 bls 2009

  • Sola digna tu fuisti ferre saeculi pretium, atque portum praeparare nauta mundo naufrago, quem sacer cruor perunxit, fusus Agni corpore.

    Sing, my tongue bls 2009

  • Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin sacrificium, from sacr -, sacer + facere to make -- more at DO

    McCain Apologizes For Saying American Lives "Wasted" 2009

  • Middle English, from past participle of sacren to consecrate, from Anglo-French sacrer, from Latin sacrare, from sacr-, sacer sacred; akin to Latin sancire to make sacred, Hittite šaklāi- rite

    LDS Temple Ceremony goes Prime Time. | Mind on Fire 2009

  • It seems definite, on the other hand, that the Missa Sine nomine was composed for King Ferdinand, a supposition encouraged by the distich found at the head of this mass in the Verona manuscript: “Ferdinande sacer inter divos referende cantica tinctoris suscipe parva tui” “O Ferdinand, saintly enough to be counted amongst the gods, accept these little compositions by Tinctoris”.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Lu 2009

  • [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sacrificium: sacer, sacred; see SACRED + facere, to make.]

    A Few (?) Thoughts About Samhain and Sacrifice 2008

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