SACRIFICE, SACRIFICED
ADJECTIVES
► IMMOLATE sacrificed, immolated → 1534 obs.
NOUNS
► IMMOLATION 1. the act of offering in sacrifice; sacrificial slaughter of a victim → 1534
2. a sacrifice, a sacrificial victim → 1589
► LAKE a sacrifice, an offering → c1000 obs.
► OFFREDGE sacrifice, offering; the act of offering, or that which is offered → 1548 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► OBLATION a person sacrificed on any account; a victim → 1594 obs.
► SACRIFICANT a person who offers up as a sacrifice → 1665
► SACRIFICATOR a person who sacrifices → 1548
► SACRIFICE a person sacrificed to the will of another; a person who falls into the power of an enemy or a destructive agency → 1697
► SACRIFICER a person who offers up a sacrifice → 1563
PHRASES
► OMELETS CANNOT BE MADE WITHOUT BREAKING EGGS things cannot be accomplished without the sacrifice of something in itself valuable → 1898
VERBS
► BE WILLING TO GIVE ONE’S EARS to be ready to make any sacrifice → 1883
► GIVE ONE’S RIGHT ARM to be prepared to make any sacrifice → colloq.
► IMMOLATE to sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill as a victim → 1548
► IMMOLE to sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice → 1609 obs.
► LAKE to present a sacrifice or an offering to → c1200 obs.
► WALK THE PLANK to be sacrificed or destroyed → 1835 sl.
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