Sacrificial

Word SACRIFICIAL
Character 11
Hyphenation sac ri fi cial
Pronunciations /ˈsæk.ɹə.fɪʃ.əl/

Definitions and meanings of "Sacrificial"

What do we mean by sacrificial?

Of, relating to, or concerned with a sacrifice. adjective

Of, pertaining to, or used in sacrifice; concerned with sacrificing; consisting in or including sacrifice: as, sacrificial robes; a sacrificial meal.

Of or pertaining to sacrifice or sacrifices; consisting in sacrifice; performing sacrifice. adjective

Relating to sacrifice adjective

Used as a sacrifice. adjective

Used in or connected with a sacrifice adjective

Relating to sacrifice

Used as a sacrifice.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Sacrificial

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The word "sacrificial" in example sentences

This is, of course, the provenance of the term sacrificial lamb. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Conquistadors abolished cannibalism and human sacrifice, wars to obtain sacrificial victims, and the panoply of bloodthirsty gods. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Marshall is what you call a sacrificial lamb in this race. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Indeed, they have been known to roast innocent tourists in sacrificial banquets designed to appease their gods, as well as conducting other heinous acts too gruesome to describe. ❋ Unknown (2005)

"Frankincense" was an aromatic used in sacrificial offerings; ❋ Unknown (1871)

The ideal temple exhibits, under Old Testament forms (used as being those then familiar to the men whom Ezekiel, a priest himself, and one who delighted in sacrificial images, addresses), not the precise literal outline, but the essential character of the worship of Messiah as it shall be when He shall exercise sway in Jerusalem among His own people, the Jews, and thence to the ends of the earth. ❋ Unknown (1871)

Kansas (D): Quick, name the sacrificial lamb, er, Democratic nominee against Sen. Sam Brownback (R). ❋ Chris Cillizza (2010)

I don't know of a place where there has been so much money put in it or so much sacrificial devotion and I use that word sacrificial, advisedly. ❋ Unknown (1941)

Indeed, so important are these other features, that, as we have seen, some students would maintain that the only rite which can be properly termed sacrificial is one which presents these features. ❋ Unknown (1897)

The moon, then, determines the seasons, the _ri_tus, the moon fixes the share, that is, the sacrificial oblation for all the gods. ❋ Alexander Wilder (1861)

Doesn't matter if atheist or non-atheist, if they don't happen to know about our common denominator, then they don't happen to know and aren't supposed to know as sacrificial complements destined for the greater good of our ancestral common denominator. ❋ John Lennon (2010)

But it also a nightmare for savers who have been dubbed the sacrificial lambs of the Bank's attempts to rescue the economy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If this layer of glass is on the outside it's called the sacrificial glass. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So from this real-life experience it's made easier to understand the idea of sacrificial love, of giving and getting, both at the same time. ❋ Unknown (2008)

****************************************** thank-offering which was eaten before Jehovah, and which might with greater clearness be called a sacrificial meal, was prescribed, the ❋ Julius Wellhausen (1881)

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