Sacrament, the Eucharist: “ere I last received the s. I did confess it,” R2 I, 1, 139. Vows made and oaths taken on the sacrament; hence to receive the s. == to take an oath: “thou didst receive the holy s. to fight in quarrel of the house of Lancaster,” R3 I, 4, 208. “to take the s.:” All's IV, 3, 156. John V, 2, 6. R2 IV, 328. V, 2, 97. H6A IV, 2, 28. R3 V, 5, 18.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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