stacte

[stak-tee]

noun

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

stacte

/ ˈstæktiː /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of stacte¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin stactē, stacta “myrrh, gum resin,” from Greek staktḗ “oil of myrrh,” feminine of staktós “trickling” (derivative of stázein “to drip, fall in drops”)

Word History and Origins

Origin of stacte¹

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

Example Sentences

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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