Sacrificial
[sækrə'fɪʃ(ə)l] or [,sækrɪ'fɪʃl]
Definition
(adj.) used in or connected with a sacrifice; 'sacrificial lamb' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to sacrifice or sacrifices; consisting in sacrifice; performing sacrifice.
Edited by Jeffrey
Examples
- They had their undercurrent of fables and superstitions, their phases of fear and abjection and sacrificial fury. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Mithraist votary actually bathed in the blood of the sacrificial bull, and was born again thereby. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The leaders under whom men fought in war were often the same men as the sacrificial purifiers who were their early priests. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All sacrifice was barred to the faithful; no loophole was left for the sacrificial priest of the old dispensation to come back into the new faith. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He is terribly sane and luminous, and terribly wanting in self-sacrificial enthusiasm. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Whenever that strain is found in any race, there are to be found also thoughts and legends of sacrificial murders. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The priests studied the liver s of sacrificial animals in order to divine the thoughts of the gods--a practice which stimulated the study of anatomy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He wanted to be a father of loving kindness and sacrificial benevolence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Edited by Jeffrey