1608. Sylvester, Du Bartas, II. iv. III. Schisme, 188. Th’ unsacred Altar sudden slent in twain.
a. 1641. Bp. Mountagu, Acts & Mon. (1642), 204. No person, uncleane, common, unsacred, must approach unto Gods altar.
c. 1712. W. King, Case Consc., Wks. 1776, III. 249. If from a place unsacred you should take A sacred thing,… Of an unsacred thing from sacred place.
1755. Lavington, Moravians Compared, 113. The Valentinians’ unsacred Sacraments, and profane Initiations.
1872. Swinburne, Under Microscope, 28. The unsacred secrets of no Eleusinian initiation.
