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SACER, in ornirhology. See FALc o.

SACE RDOT ,-\L, fomerhing belonging ro p,ierls. See

Pa.IEST .

5ACK

'1JJ?OI,

a quanri, y of wool conraining jun ,wen,y·

t wo Clone, and every Uane fourteen pounds, In Scot·

land, a

f..

ck is

lwency fOUT

fione, n eh

none

containing

lixteen pounds.

SACK

,,,(fOil

"'U~()',

a qluntity from one hundred and a

hil lf

[OU T

hundred

weighl .

SACltS

o/ rllrth,

fOllification. are caovas

b;:¡gs filJed wich

-eanh. T hey are ured

m"king

retrenchmcnts

h"ne,

ro place 00 pMapeu, or Ihe head of [he brceches,

&c.

,ep~ir

Ihem,

when beaten down.

S ACK BUT, a murocal innrumeo, o( ,he wind kind, beiog

a Core of trumpee, though

dlff~reot

(rom the ca mmon

trump ~t

both in fo rm and (il.c : it is

lit

playa bafs,

and is contrived to be drawn ou t or fhorte ned, accord–

iog

,he

lone

required,

whether grave or acute. T he

lt ..

d i;\o,

call

u ombone, and {he Latins tubadul9'ilis .

S ACRAMENT, rognifie., in genera l. a figo o( a ,hing fa·

cred and holy ; and is de6ned

be an outward ,md

vi ·

úble rign of a rpiriluaJgrace.

T hul

there are two objcéh

a facrament, Ihe one the objeét of che fenfcs , ¡,¡nd the

other {he objef} of faith. Protdl "nlS lIIdmit ooly of

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facnmenu, b:lplirm aod the cuchinO:

Lord', lupper ;

b UI

lhe ROOlao·catholics Own (evl n,

vh.

bapl ifm, , on6r–

macion , the euch=-nlt, penance, extreme unétluD, ordina...

tion. and marriagc.

T he RomdniC!s, however, by

\IIay

or eminence, call

the eucharitl Ihe holy racrament. T hus

expofe the

holy rAcrament, is to I=-y

Ihe

coofecrared hall

0 0

che al·

tar

be w ored. T he procdlioo of the holy facrament,

is thal in which Ihis hall is carned about the church, a r

abaut

fOwn.

SACR.'\M E NT ARY, an ancien, RomiO, church. bouk,

which canlains

aJl

thc prayers and ceremonies pr..éllred

a l

lhe celebratian of the facraments .

was wrOte by pope G elarius, aod afterwards revired,

correaed, 3. d abridged by S, G r<gory

S ACRE D , fomerhing,*holy, or thar is rolemnly olf<red

and confecr"ted

G od, with

benedlC~lions,

unélions,

cre.

S ACR IFICE , a 'olemn . a o( r<ligio". wodh,p, whi, h

eonfi fled in oedicating or off\!riog up lomt'thlng alllnlelCe

or inanimitte on itn

altar,

che h.lnds of

rhe

pr;en. ei·

ther as an expreffion of (heir gralilud«: eo che D..:ity fo r

fonle

rign~1

mercy. or la acknowledge Iheir dependance

on h¡m, orto conciliate his favour. T he origl n or 14Cri·

lice, is by fOnJe afcrihed tOlhe Pha:nici,ms : bUl Purphy.

ry.rcribes it

rhe E gyp,ian., who ro r(\ oA'crru ,he fidl·

{roils of their ,!rounns tO the gads, burnlnc {henJ upon

an ;tlt.u of (u rf : thus in lhe moH anCíClll racn fi ces lhere

werc neither living crealu res, nor ílny 1hinC coflly or

rntlgnificen1, and no myrrh or frankincenre.

length

they began

huro

perlumes: anct ;:¡fterwarcls men Ie:a·

ving thelr ancient dlct of herbs ami rOOIS, :lnd !>cginning

ta ufe living crea{ure5 for rood, chey beg=-n alfo

change

Iheir facririce5. T he: (cl'ipHlrcs, hO ""evcr, fmni n,

Wll h

diff~rtnt

aCCOllnt : "for

No.w,

is f"ld, f..cri';cc-c! ani–

m..

ls al IlIs comlog

out

of the ark

:.tnd

e v~n

Abel

hlm–

felf rocrifi ed ,h<

"dI

, nd (.,,<n of his

Rock

;

but

Gro, ,,,,

thinks ie more plolJable that he contcnted hilllfd f wllh

m, king

a me

oot.lÍon

hi. I. mo. ,

&c.

withuul lI_y.

ine

rhem.

The Je"'. h.d l\Vo rons of facrir.« . ,

lakin~

tI.. word

in ¡u

I..q~dl

fignific..{ion : T he (¡ Ill were ofTen ngs of

tyc hes .

firflJnllIJ .

cakes, \lime. oil, honey. and

che

)Ike ; aod the I..

ofTt'l"I ngs o( n. ughtert:d ammals.

W heo

an Ifrdellle oLFered a lo..f or a ..:..ke. the pricft broke

tWO parts; and fetting . (jde thu half wluc.h he refc:rved {or

h lOlId{,

broke the: oth· r ioto crul'ubs, pourt:d oil.

WlOe,

¡necnfe. and lall opon it, .Ind fp read the whole upon lhe

I1re of the

alt.tr

{heCe offe:flngs were aecampanied

with che facrdice of

animal . ' hey \yere Ihrown upon

.he

viéb m

be confume:d "long wnh il. If the offerings

were of lhe ean

ne\V coro, they were p;trched at {he

fil e, rubbed in che hand. and lhen off"«:red lO ,he pnefi

in a Vt f1'e.I, Over which he poured oil, ¡ncenfe, wlne and

'alt, and chen burnt it upon the ahar, having fi rn t ...keD.

. s much o( ,( as of right bdonged

himrel f.

T he principal r.crifice. among ,he Hebrew. confined of

bulJocks . fh eep. and goal! ; but doves and turdes were

~cceptrct

from thofe who wc: re nOI able to bring Ihe: oeher;

thele bealls were

be pn fcél, and wuhout blemiCh. '(he

rite:s of f'3crificing were variaus. all of whien are 'rery

minu,dy dei'cribed in ,he books of Mof"

T he

manoer of facnflcing among ,he Gree-ks and Ro_

m"ns was as follo\&ls . In

the

choice of Ihe vu!\.m. they

lOok care that il was without blemlCh or Imperfééllon ;

tad was not tObe tOo

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al the eOnd ; the tongue

nOI black, nor (he ears c1t:ft ; and {h ..t the bull was one

that had neve:r lleeo yokcd

T he vH'llm bt',ng pltched

upon, {hey

gi l{

his (arehecld and borns, e(peclollly if a l1ulJ,

helÍer. or cow

T he hc:ad they alfo adoroed with a gn–

I.~nd

of ílowcrs, a ,",oollen in(ul.. or holy fille t, whence

hung two rows of chílplets Wllh ewi{fed ribbaods ; and OQ

the middle of ,he body • klnd of n,.le prelly large. hung

down on

e"a~h

fide

the

Idr~ r

Vltl

ms were

001)' ..

Jorne:d

with garlands and bunoles o ílowus, togelher wllh whltc

tufts or wreaths.

The

vi...

C¡¡ms thus prepared were brought

{ore the al ..

ur ; {he:

h ITa

bClng drlven tO the:

pl.ce,

and {he g:--e:at.

led

otn h,d ter

wh ... n

they mdde any Hruggle. or

rert.rlen tO

~o.

{he refi!f anc«: was t..ken for ao

tll

Ilmeo,

anJ the: l"e'l fiee frc:quently was fel . fid e:. T he vlélim

thus brought \Yas C'arc:full y examined, to fee th,u thtrc

was no

ddcét in

tt :

thcn the pridt, cldd in his c..ct'rdotal

h",hlt , and

Jccomp.to

,ed

wllh

(he fdcrifi en anri olht:r at–

lenctar:ns. ,¡lld ncins: warhed tlnd punfi

ae~ ordll":g

tOche

cen:01onies prefcn

ed ,

lurnc-d tOche nghl-hand ;¡nJ went

rouno the .l itar, fpnnkhng it wlth m... ..1 and holy-water.

ano

alfo befprinldmg lhofe who wt're prffent. T ut'n the

crier procldime'd wtt h a loud voice, ' ''ho is ht're? Ta

wh,ch ,he peopl. rcplied ,

M.ny

.nd good . The

prrcíl'

theo having eX I'ortt'd the pe:ople: to jOlo wllh htm hy Id r–

ing.

L et us pray, c'Jn(e.'f1'ed

hls

own un\Vol chlnels , ae–

knowlc:dgiog tha l he had beel"J gudty of di\'ers lins ;

roc

which

bétU:c:d parrion

lht:

gl,ds,

hopln~

ChAl

chey

would

pk .. le:d

J!r.lnt his rcquells . acap' Ihe obla·

tions uJfl'recl thcOl. and fend {hemall health

.lOO

happi.

• nefs ; "nd to tlBs gt n<ral forOl a,lded pelitions fo r

fu~h

p:Hticuldr faVtHl rs

liS

\Vere then ddi red

Prct)'t:'rs being

ended, {he pridl

t~)ok

C'up of

\V.ne

; and

h.lvln~

t"UcJ

it IlIm ll'lf. cdufld hls ",ITiU.l ntS lOdo the I·ke; and fhen

plltlfl'd ft)(lh ,he:

rc:m.linJl'r betwce:o

the

horns

('Jf

lhe

vi8im. 1 'h('n Ihe pne:U or the Cller, or fomt'tlm('s Ihe

Dlolt

hODuuraol< f,<d on iD rhe comrany, kiU. J

,be

h.~ll,