Sacrifice - Wikipedia
Animal sacrifice is the ritual killing of an animal as part of a religion. It is practiced by adherents of many religions as a means of appeasing a god or gods or changing the course of nature.

SACRIFICE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
SACRIFICE definition: the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage. See examples of sacrifice used in a sentence.

SACRIFICE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
sacrifice noun [C/U] (OFFERING OF LIFE) the act of offering the life of an animal or a person to a god or gods in the hope of pleasing them, or the animal or person that is offered:

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sacrifice (to somebody) the act of offering something to a god, especially an animal that has been killed in a special way; an animal, etc. that is offered in this way. They offered sacrifices to the gods. Definition of sacrifice noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Sacrifice - definition of sacrifice by The Free Dictionary
The act of giving up something highly valued for the sake of something else considered to have a greater value or claim: Social activism often involves tremendous sacrifice.

Sacrifice Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary
Sacrifice definition: The act of offering something to a deity in propitiation or homage, especially the ritual slaughter of an animal or a person.

What does Sacrifice mean? - Definitions.net
Sacrifice is the act of giving up something valuable or important for the sake of other considerations, often for the benefit of others or to achieve a greater good.

SACRIFICE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
To sacrifice an animal or person means to kill them in a special religious ceremony as an offering to a god. The priest sacrificed a chicken. [VERB noun] Two white bulls were sacrificed and a feast was held. [VERB noun]

Human sacrifice - Wikipedia
Some see the story of Abraham and Isaac (Genesis 22) as an example of an etiological myth, explaining the abolition of human sacrifice. The Vedic Purushamedha (literally "human sacrifice") is already a purely symbolic act in its earliest attestation.

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