sacrifice
31sacrifice — [[t]sæ̱krɪfaɪs[/t]] ♦♦♦ sacrifices, sacrificing, sacrificed 1) VERB To sacrifice an animal or person means to kill them in a special religious ceremony as an offering to a god. [V n] The priest sacrificed a chicken... [V n] Two white bulls were… …
32sacrifice — 01. He totally [sacrificed] his marriage and his family for his career, and now he finds himself a very successful, lonely businessman. 02. The Aztecs [sacrificed] people to their gods. 03. She [sacrificed] a lot of her free time growing up in… …
33sacrifice — sac|ri|fice1 [ sækrı,faıs ] verb * 1. ) transitive to give up something important or valuable so that you or other people can do or have something else: sacrifice something to do something: She sacrificed her career to bring up the children.… …
34sacrifice — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abandonment, abjuration, abjure, altruism, annihilate, appease, bane, be bereaved of, bereave of life, bereavement, blood, bloodletting, bloodshed, braining, burnt offering, carry away, carry off, cease, cede …
35sacrifice — {{11}}sacrifice (n.) mid 13c., from O.Fr. sacrifise (12c.), from L. sacrificium, from sacrificus performing priestly functions or sacrifices, from sacra sacred rites (properly neuter plural of sacer sacred; see SACRED (Cf. sacred)) + root of… …
36Sacrifice — The offering up of sacrifices is to be regarded as a divine institution. It did not originate with man. God himself appointed it as the mode in which acceptable worship was to be offered to him by guilty man. The language and the idea of… …
37sacrifice — sac•ri•fice [[t]ˈsæk rəˌfaɪs[/t]] n. v. ficed, fic•ing 1) the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some object to a deity, as in propitiation or homage 2) the person, animal, or thing so offered 3) the surrender or destruction of… …
38sacrifice — /ˈsækrəfaɪs / (say sakruhfuys) noun 1. the offering of life (animal, plant, or human) or some material possession, etc., to a deity, as in propitiation or homage. 2. that which is so offered. 3. the surrender or destruction of something prized or …
39sacrifice — Mohai (for various types, see Haw. Eng. entry and entries that follow it). Also: kaumaha, mōlia, mōliaola, haina, hai, hei, hai ao, papaiō; ōlapa (for sorcery); he a (blood); kāku ai (food). ♦ Human sacrifice, kanaka, ulua, heana, pua a he …
40SACRIFICE — The interpretation of Etruscan religion requires an uneasy match of literary evidence, relating to the external reputation of the Etruscans, and material evidence of its actual practice; the role of sacrifice is a very particular instance of… …
