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Hieromancy :: Hieromancy (n.) Divination by observing the objects offered in sacrifice.

Theorica :: Theorica (n. pl.) Public moneys expended at Athens on festivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people; -- also called theoric fund..

Expiatory :: Expiatory (a.) Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice..

Sacrificatory :: Sacrificatory (n.) Offering sacrifice.

Orgies :: Orgies (n. pl.) A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute revelry..

Self-denial :: Self-denial (n.) The denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's own desires; self-sacrifice.

God :: God (n.) A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol..

Idolatrous :: Idolatrous (a.) Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of idolatry; given to idolatry or the worship of false gods; as, idolatrous sacrifices..

Sin :: Sin (n.) A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.

Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity; an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation..

Missa :: Missa (n.) The service or sacrifice of the Mass.

Offering :: Offering (n.) That which is offered, esp. in divine service; that which is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a free gift; a sacrifice; an oblation; as, sin offering..

Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up; as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest..

Remunerate :: Remunerate (v. t.) To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor..

Gambit :: Gambit (n.) A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position..

Levite :: Levite (n.) One of the tribe or family of Levi; a descendant of Levi; esp., one subordinate to the priests (who were of the same tribe) and employed in various duties connected with the tabernacle first, and afterward the temple, such as the care of the building, bringing of wood and other necessaries for the sacrifices, the music of the services, etc..

Februation :: Februation (n.) Purification; a sacrifice.

Human :: Human (a.) Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human voice; human shape; human nature; human sacrifices..

Laborious :: Laborious (a.) Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome..

Tephramancy :: Tephramancy (n.) Divination by the ashes of the altar on which a victim had been consumed in sacrifice.

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