| Sacrifice (sacrifice) |
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| n. | (?; 277) |
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| Sac"ri*fice |
| [OE.
sacrifise, sacrifice, F. sacrifice, fr. L.
sacrificium; sacer sacred + facere to make. See
Sacred, and Fact.] |
The offering
of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite.
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.
Destruction or surrender of anything for
the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in
behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing; hence,
also, the thing so devoted or given up; as, the sacrifice of
interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest.
A sale at a price less than the cost or the
actual value.
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| Sacrifice (sacrifice) |
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| v. t. | (?; 277) |
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| Sac"ri*fice |
| [imp. *** p. p. Sacrificed (&?]); p.
pr. *** vb. n. Sacrificing (&?]).] [From
Sacrifice, n.: cf. F. sacrifier, L.
sacrificare; sacer sacred, holy + |
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.
Hence, to destroy, surrender, or suffer to
be lost, for the sake of obtaining something; to give up in favor of a
higher or more imperative object or duty; to devote, with loss or
suffering.
To destroy; to kill.
To sell at a price less than the cost or
the actual value.
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| Sacrifice (sacrifice) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Sac"ri*fice |
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To make
offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to
offer sacrifice.
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