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Definition or meaning of the English word Sacrifice
A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value. (n.). 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 pleasu (n.). 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. (n.). 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; (n.). To make offerings to God; or to a deity; of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice. (v. i.). To sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value. (n.). To destroy; to kill. (n.). 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. (n.). The offering of anything to God; or to a god; consecratory rite. (n.).
Translations for the English word Sacrifice
French Translation for the English word Sacrifice is sacrifice[Noun] Spanish Translation for the English word Sacrifice is sacrificio[Noun] German Translation for the English word Sacrifice is opfern[Verb] Portuguese Translation for the English word Sacrifice is sacrifi/cio[Noun] Italian Translation for the English word Sacrifice is sacrificio[Noun]
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