offer in sacrifice

  • 1offer a sacrifice — present a sacrifice, present an offering …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 2Sacrifice of the Mass — • The word Mass (missa) first established itself as the general designation for the Eucharistic Sacrifice in the West after the time of Pope Gregory the Great, the early Church having used the expression the breaking of bread (fractio panis) or… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 3sacrifice — I n. 1) to make; offer a sacrifice 2) a great; heroic; personal sacrifice 3) a human sacrifice 4) the supreme, ultimate sacrifice 5) a sacrifice to 6) at (a) sacrifice (we achieved our success at great personal sacrifice) II v. 1) (D; refl., tr.) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 4Sacrifice — • This term is identical with the English offering (Latin offerre) and the German Opfer Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sacrifice     Sacrifice      …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 5Sacrifice — (from a Middle English verb meaning to make sacred , from Old French, from Latin sacrificium : sacr , sacred + facere , to make ) is commonly known as the practice of offering food, objects (typically valuables), or the lives of animals or people …

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  • 6Offer — Of fer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Offered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Offering}.] [OE. offren, {AS}. offrian to sacrifice, fr. L. offerre; ob (see {OB }) + ferre to bear, bring. The English word was influenced by F. offrir to offer, of the same origin. See 1st …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 7sacrifice — [sak′rə fīs΄] n. [OFr < L sacrificium < sacer, SACRED + facere, to make, DO1] 1. a) the act of offering the life of a person or animal, or some object, in propitiation of or homage to a deity b) something so offered 2 …

    English World dictionary

  • 8offer — [ôf′ər, äf′ər] vt. [ME offren < OE & OFr: OE offrian < LL(Ec) offerre, to offer to God, sacrifice; OFr offrir: both < L offerre, to bring before, present, show < ob (see OB ) + ferre, to BEAR1] 1. to present to God or a god in an act… …

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  • 9offer sacrifice — index propitiate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 10sacrifice — [v] give up, let go cede, drop, endure, eschew, forfeit, forgo, immolate, kiss goodbye*, lose, offer, offer up, part with, renounce, resign oneself to, spare, suffer, surrender, waive, yield; concepts 108,116 Ant. hold, refuse  …

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