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

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..

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..

Laver :: Laver (n.) One of several vessels in Solomon's Temple in which the offerings for burnt sacrifices were washed.

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.].

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

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..

Molech :: Molech (n.) The fire god of the Ammonites, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Moloch..

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..

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..

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

Sacrificable :: Sacrificable (a.) Capable of being offered in sacrifice.

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

Voodooism :: Voodooism (n.) A degraded form of superstition and sorcery, said to include human sacrifices and cannibalism in some of its rites. It is prevalent among the negroes of Hayti, and to some extent in the United States, and is regarded as a relic of African barbarism..

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

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

Buy :: Buy (v. t.) To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain..

Immolation :: Immolation (n.) The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed..

Offer :: Offer (v. t.) To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up..

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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