Sacrifice
11Sacrifice — Entwickler …
12Sacrifice — Sac ri*fice, v. i. To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice. [1913 Webster] O teacher, some great mischief hath befallen To that meek man, who well had sacrificed. Milton. [1913 Webster] …
13sacrifice — ► NOUN 1) the practice or an act of killing an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to a deity. 2) an animal, person, or object offered in this way. 3) an act of giving up something one values for the sake of something… …
14sacrifice — I (forfeiture) noun abandonment, capitulation, cessation, cost, deprivation, destruction, dispensation, expense, giving up, loss, oblation, release, relinquishment, renunciation, resignation, yielding II (victim) noun dupe, immolation, martyr,… …
15sacrifice — vb abnegate, forbear, *forgo, eschew Analogous words: renounce, *abdicate: surrender, yield, resign, *relinquish …
16sacrifice — [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 …
17sacrifice — sacrificeable, adj. sacrificer, n. /sak reuh fuys /, n., v., sacrificed, sacrificing. n. 1. the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage. 2. the person, animal, or thing so… …
18Sacrifice — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Sacrifice (homonymie). Sacrifice, étymologiquement « fait de rendre sacré » (du latin sacrificium, de sacer facere). Le Dieu est ce qui donne et ôte la vie. Le sacrifice ôte la vie et consacre au Dieu …
19SACRIFICE — IN THE BIBLE In the Bible various verbs are used to designate the act of sacrifice. Two of them, שחט and טבח, are used for the slaughter of animals for both secular (cf. Gen. 43:16; Num. 11:22) and sacred purposes, while the verbs זבח (hence the… …
20sacrifice — (sa kri fi s ) s. m. 1° Chez les Hébreux, offrande faite à Dieu avec certaines cérémonies et consistant en des victimes ou des dons. • Que les sacrifices des païens seront reçus de Dieu, et que Dieu retirera sa volonté des sacrifices des… …
