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Sacrificed :: Sacrificed (imp. & p. p.) of Sacrific.

Mactation :: Mactation (n.) The act of killing a victim for sacrifice.

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

Holocaust :: Holocaust (n.) A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations..

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..

Self-sacrifice :: Self-sacrifice (n.) The act of sacrificing one's self, or one's interest, for others; self-devotion..

Immolation :: Immolation (n.) That which is immolated; a sacrifice.

Oblation :: Oblation (n.) Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice.

Sacrificant :: Sacrificant (n.) One who offers a sacrifice.

Sacrifical :: Sacrifical (a.) Employed in sacrifice.

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

Verbenate :: Verbenate (v. t.) To strew with verbena, or vervain, as in ancient sacrifices and rites..

Gehenna :: Gehenna (n.) The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell..

Life :: Life (n.) A person; a living being, usually a human being; as, many lives were sacrificed..

Sacrificer :: Sacrificer (n.) One who sacrifices.

Agnus Dei :: Agnus Dei () A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words Agnus Dei..

Hecatomb :: Hecatomb (n.) A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims..

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.].

Martyr :: Martyr (n.) Hence, one who sacrifices his life, his station, or what is of great value to him, for the sake of principle, or to sustain a cause..

Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.

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