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sac
/sæk/
noun 6name 5verb 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
dural, early, fluid, small, yellow
VERB + SAC
replacing, ripped, state
SAC + NOUN
embryo's, soc, spiders
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.
verb
1
To sacrifice.
Kasparov sacked his queen early on in the game to gain a positional advantage against Kramnik.
I kept saccing monsters at the altar until I was rewarded with a new weapon.
noun
1
A sacrifice.
Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik.
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Kasparov sacked his queen early on in the game to gain a positional advantage against Kramnik.
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I kept saccing monsters at the altar until I was rewarded with a new weapon.
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Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik.
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But it is really the court-baron which represents the ancient assembly of the mark, while the court-leet represents the lord's jurisdiction of sac and soc, whether granted before or since the coming o
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In later times, if the lord had "sac and soc,” his court had the authority of the Court Leet; if he had the view of frankpledge the suitors at his court were free from attendance at the sheriff's tour
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The grant of “sac and soc” did not always carry with it the right to hold a court, but frequently amounted only to the privilege of receiving the forfeitures the lord's men should incur in the Hundred
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