sacrificial

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
21
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˈsæk.ɹɪ.fɪʃ.əl/
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/ˈsæk.ɹɪ.fɪʃ.əl/ · /ˈsæk.ɹə.fɪʃ.əl/

Definition of sacrificial

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Relating to sacrifice.
    “The old sacrificial well is still there, but animals aren't thrown into it to appease monsters anymore.”
    “Rabban Yoḥanan could have succumbed to despair like many at that time. Instead, he looked for alternatives to the sacrificial system, because he understood that it would take a long time to rebuild the Temple and the Jewish people needed other ways to worship God.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Relating to sacrifice.
    “The old sacrificial well is still there, but animals aren't thrown into it to appease monsters anymore.”
    “Rabban Yoḥanan could have succumbed to despair like many at that time. Instead, he looked for alternatives to the sacrificial system, because he understood that it would take a long time to rebuild the Temple and the Jewish people needed other ways to worship God.”
  2. (not-comparable)Used as a sacrifice.
    “The sacrificial coating protects the hull, but because it takes the damage the hull doesn't, we must replace it annually.”
    “The ceremony involves the ritual slaying of a sacrificial lamb.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrificiālis (“sacrificial”), from sacrificium (“sacrifice”), from sacrificus (“sacrificial”), from sacrificō (“sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”) + faciō (“do, make”). By surface analysis, sacrifice + -ial.

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