STACTE Definition & Meaning

stacte

[ stak-tee ]

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noun

one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Exodus 30:34.

stacte

/ ˈ��æ��پ�ː /

noun

Old Testament one of several sweet-smelling spices used in incense (Exodus 30:34)

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of stacte¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin stactē, stacta “myrrh, gum resin,” from Greek ��ٲ��ḗ “oil of myrrh,” feminine of ��ٲ��ó�� “trickling” (derivative of ��á��𾱲� “to drip, fall in drops”)

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of stacte¹

C14: via Latin from Greek ��ٲ��ŧ oil of myrrh, from staktos distilling a drop at a time, from stazein to flow, drip

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Stacte, stak′te, n. a Jewish spice, liquid myrrh.

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To-day, during the banquet, I wore a sweet-smelling cluster of stacte upon my breast.

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I have it in musk, civet, amber, Phoenicobalanus, the decoction of turmerick, sesana, nard, spikenard, calamus odoratus, stacte, opobalsamum, amomum, storax, ladanum, aspalathum, opoponax, oenanthe.

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