Definition of sacrifice

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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..

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Immolate :: Immolate (v. t.) To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a sacrificial victim..
Sacrificer :: Sacrificer (n.) One who sacrifices.
Immolation :: Immolation (n.) That which is immolated; a sacrifice.
Expiation :: Expiation (n.) The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement.
Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
Self-abnegation :: Self-abnegation (n.) Self-denial; self-renunciation; self-sacrifice.
Hieromancy :: Hieromancy (n.) Divination by observing the objects offered in sacrifice.
Aliturgical :: Aliturgical (a.) Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered.
Martyr :: Martyr (v. t.) To put to death for adhering to some belief, esp. Christianity; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession..
Lustration :: Lustration (n.) A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified..
Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) To sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
Libation :: Libation (n.) The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out..
Holocaust :: Holocaust (n.) Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.].
Laborious :: Laborious (a.) Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome..
Shintiism :: Shintiism (n.) One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes..
Missa :: Missa (n.) The service or sacrifice of the Mass.
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..
Magnanimity :: Magnanimity (n.) The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul; that quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objects..
Sacrificed :: Sacrificed (imp. & p. p.) of Sacrific.
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