sacrificial
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- adjective
- /ˌsækrɪˈfɪʃəl/
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sacrificial
- In many cultures, a sacrificial lamb is offered to seek blessings.
- sacrificial victim
- sacrificial rite
- sacrificial altar
And then feasting, feasting on its sacrificial offering, the Opfa, right The the sacrifice itself.
- And then feasting, feasting on its sacrificial offering, the Opfa, right The the sacrifice itself.
- OK then once when the Vedic sacrificial fire flickered low, he gestured to it and said jokingly in Tamil, Our network is going down.
- The sacrificial, the children, you know, the sacrificial ceremonies and stuff.
- What they're doing is systematically triggering terror in the in the sacrificial victim.
Examples
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It was the old, old story of the sacrificial lamb.
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For the Lakota, the buffalo is the embodiment of the kind of sacrificial life enacted in the Sun Dance.
Academic text (2015) -
This should be directly below the sacrificial chamber.
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Apart from being used to feed the guests, they also have sacrificial significance.
Academic text (1993) -
We believe it was used in many of the church's sacrificial ceremonies.
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The blood of the sacrificial lamb covered it over, and then he'd sin again.
Fiction book (2001) -
Essentially, the structure consisted of a raised sacrificial altar surrounded by precinct walls.
Academic text (1990) -
Celebrate the sacrificial lamb.
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In other words, the themes reflect the process of sacrificial substitution whereby society seeks to deflect its own.
Academic text (1990) -
Wes Bergen has described, very convincingly, the many parallels between ancient sacrificial rites and postmodern practices in our society.
Academic text (2011)
Compounds
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Etymology
Sacrificial comes from Latin parts sacer 'sacred' and facere 'to make', the same root as sacred and sacrifice. So something sacrificial was originally 'made holy' or offered to the gods, which is why we use it for things used in a religious offering.