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Definition of sacrifice

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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..

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Victimate :: Victimate (v. t.) To make a victim of; to sacrifice; to immolate.

Aliturgical :: Aliturgical (a.) Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered.

Vicarious :: Vicarious (prep.) Performed of suffered in the place of another; substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment..

Passover :: Passover (n.) The sacrifice offered at the feast of the passover; the paschal lamb.

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

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..

Victim :: Victim (n.) A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of..

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

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

Self-devotion :: Self-devotion (n.) The act of devoting one's self, or the state of being self-devoted; willingness to sacrifice one's own advantage or happiness for the sake of others; self-sacrifice..

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

Martyr :: Martyr (v. t.) To put to death for adhering to some belief, esp. Christianity; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession..

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..

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

Priest :: Priest (n.) One who officiates at the altar, or performs the rites of sacrifice; one who acts as a mediator between men and the divinity or the gods in any form of religion; as, Buddhist priests..

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..

Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery..

Victim :: Victim (n.) A person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit of an object, or in gratification of a passion; as, a victim to jealousy, lust, or ambition..

Sacrificatory :: Sacrificatory (n.) Offering sacrifice.

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