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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.].

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

Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) To make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep..

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

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..

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

Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) A portable structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship..

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

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

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..

Vacuna :: Vacuna (n.) The goddess of rural leisure, to whom the husbandmen sacrificed at the close of the harvest. She was especially honored by the Sabines..

Immolator :: Immolator (n.) One who offers in sacrifice; specifically, one of a sect of Russian fanatics who practice self-mutilatio and sacrifice..

Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) A sale 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..

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..

Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (v. i.) To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice..

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

Propitiatory :: Propitiatory (a.) Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice..

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

Fair-weather :: Fair-weather (a.) Made or done in pleasant weather, or in circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice; as, a fair-weather voyage..

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