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SAC'RIFICE, v.t. sac'rifize. [L. sacrifico; sacer, sacred, and facio, to make.] 1. To offer to God in homage or worship, by killing and consuming, as victims on an altar; to immolate, either as an atonement for sin, or to procure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a lamb. 2Sam. 6.2. To destroy, surrender or suffer to be lost for the sake of obtaining something; as, to sacrifice the peace of the church to a little vain curiosity. We should never sacrifice health to pleasure, nor integrity to fame.3. To devote with loss.Condemn'd to sacrifice his childish years to babbling ignorance and to empty fears.4. To destroy; to kill.SAC'RIFICE, v.i. To make offerings to God by the slaughter and burning of victims, or of some part of them. Ex. 3. SAC'RIFICE, n. [L. sacrificium.] 1. An offering made to God by killing and burning some animal upon an altar, as an acknowledgment of his power and providence, or to make atonement for sin, appease his wrath or conciliate his favor, or to express thankfulness for his benefits. Sacrifices have been common to most nations, and have been offered to false gods, as well as by the Israelites to Jehovah. A sacrifice differs from an oblation; the latter being an offering of a thing entire or without change, as tithes or first fruits; whereas sacrifice implies a destruction or killing, as of a beast. Sacrifices are expiatory, impetratory, and eucharistical; that is, atoning for sin, seeking favor, or expressing thanks.Human sacrifices, the killing and offering of human beings to deities, have been practiced by some barbarous nations.2. The thing offered to God, or immolated by an act of religion.My life if thou preserv'st, my life thy sacrifice shall be.3. Destruction, surrender or loss made or incurred for gaining some object, or for obliging another; as the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest.4. Any thing destroyed.
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SAC'RIFICE, v.t. sac'rifize. [L. sacrifico; sacer, sacred, and facio, to make.] 1. To offer to God in homage or worship, by killing and consuming, as victims on an altar; to immolate, either as an atonement for sin, or to procure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a lamb. 2Sam. 6.2. To destroy, surrender or suffer to be lost for the sake of obtaining something; as, to sacrifice the peace of the church to a little vain curiosity. We should never sacrifice health to pleasure, nor integrity to fame.3. To devote with loss.Condemn'd to sacrifice his childish years to babbling ignorance and to empty fears.4. To destroy; to kill.SAC'RIFICE, v.i. To make offerings to God by the slaughter and burning of victims, or of some part of them. Ex. 3. SAC'RIFICE, n. [L. sacrificium.] 1. An offering made to God by killing and burning some animal upon an altar, as an acknowledgment of his power and providence, or to make atonement for sin, appease his wrath or conciliate his favor, or to express thankfulness for his benefits. Sacrifices have been common to most nations, and have been offered to false gods, as well as by the Israelites to Jehovah. A sacrifice differs from an oblation; the latter being an offering of a thing entire or without change, as tithes or first fruits; whereas sacrifice implies a destruction or killing, as of a beast. Sacrifices are expiatory, impetratory, and eucharistical; that is, atoning for sin, seeking favor, or expressing thanks.Human sacrifices, the killing and offering of human beings to deities, have been practiced by some barbarous nations.2. The thing offered to God, or immolated by an act of religion.My life if thou preserv'st, my life thy sacrifice shall be.3. Destruction, surrender or loss made or incurred for gaining some object, or for obliging another; as the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest.4. Any thing destroyed. | SAC'RI-FICE, n. [Fr. from L. sacrificium.]- An offering made to God by killing and burning some animal upon an altar, as an acknowledgment of his power and providence, or to make atonement for sin, appease his wrath or conciliate his favor, or to express thankfulness for his benefits. Sacrifices have been common to most nations, and have been offered to false gods, as well as by the Israelites to Jehovah. A sacrifice differs from an oblation; the latter being an offering of a thing entire or without change, as tithes or first fruits; whereas sacrifice implies a destruction or killing, as of a beast. Sacrifices are expiatory, impetratory, and eucharistical; that is, atoning for sin, seeking favor, or expressing thanks.
Human sacrifices, the killing and offering of human beings to deities, have been practiced by some barbarous nations.
- The thing offered to God, or immolated by an act of religion.
My life if thou preserv'st, my life / Thy sacrifice shall be. – Addison.
- Destruction, surrender or loss made or incurred for gaining some object, or for obliging another; as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest.
- Any thing destroyed.
SAC'RI-FICE, v.i.To make offerings to God by the slaughter and burning of victims, or of some part of them. – Exod. iii. SAC'RI-FICE, v.t. [sac'rifize; L. sacrifico; Fr. sacrificer; Sp. sacrificar; It. sacrificare; L. sacer, sacred, and facio, to make.]- To offer to God in homage or worship, by killing and consuming, as victims on an altar; to immolate, either as an atonement for sin, or to procure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a lamb. 2 Sam. vi.
- To destroy, surrender or suffer to be lost for the sake of obtaining something; as, to sacrifice the peace of the church to a little vain curiosity. We should never sacrifice health to pleasure, nor integrity to fame.
- To devote with loss.
Condemn'd to sacrifice his childish years / To babbling ignorance and to empty fears. – Prior.
- To destroy; to kill.
| Sac"ri*fice
- The offering
of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite.
- 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.
- To make
offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to
offer sacrifice.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- To destroy; to kill.
- A sale at a price less than the cost or the
actual value.
- To sell at a price less than the cost or
the actual value.
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Sacrifice SAC'RIFICE, verb transitive sac'rifize. [Latin sacrifico; sacer, sacred, and facio, to make.] 1. To offer to God in homage or worship, by killing and consuming, as victims on an altar; to immolate, either as an atonement for sin, or to procure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a lamb. 2 Samuel 6:13. 2. To destroy, surrender or suffer to be lost for the sake of obtaining something; as, to sacrifice the peace of the church to a little vain curiosity. We should never sacrifice health to pleasure, nor integrity to fame. 3. To devote with loss. Condemn'd to sacrifice his childish years to babbling ignorance and to empty fears. 4. To destroy; to kill. SAC'RIFICE, verb intransitive To make offerings to God by the slaughter and burning of victims, or of some part of them. Exodus 3:18. SAC'RIFICE, noun [Latin sacrificium.] 1. An offering made to God by killing and burning some animal upon an altar, as an acknowledgment of his power and providence, or to make atonement for sin, appease his wrath or conciliate his favor, or to express thankfulness for his benefits. Sacrifices have been common to most nations, and have been offered to false gods, as well as by the Israelites to Jehovah. A sacrifice differs from an oblation; the latter being an offering of a thing entire or without change, as tithes or first fruits; whereas sacrifice implies a destruction or killing, as of a beast. Sacrifices are expiatory, impetratory, and eucharistical; that is, atoning for sin, seeking favor, or expressing thanks. Human sacrifices, the killing and offering of human beings to deities, have been practiced by some barbarous nations. 2. The thing offered to God, or immolated by an act of religion. My life if thou preserv'st, my life thy sacrifice shall be. 3. Destruction, surrender or loss made or incurred for gaining some object, or for obliging another; as the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest. 4. Any thing destroyed.
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