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Definition of Sacrifice

Sacrifice The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite. 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. 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 pleasure, or of pleasure to interest. A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value. 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, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep. 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. To destroy; to kill. To sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value. To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice. Related Definitions: Acknowledgment, Actual, Also, Altar, An, And, Any, Anything, As, At, Atone, Atonement, Be, Behalf, By, Claim, Conciliation, Consecrate, Consecrated, Consecratory, Consumed, Cost, Deemed, Deity, Desirable, Destroy, Destruction, Devote, Devoted, Devotion, Divinity, Duty, Else, Expiation, Express, Favor, For, Give, Given, God, Hence, Immolate, Immolated, Imperative, In, Interest, Kill, Kind, Laid, Less, Loss, Lost, Make, More, Object, Obtaining, Of, Offer, Offered, Offering, On, Or, Order, Otherwise, Ox, Pleasure, Present, Presented, Pressing, Price, Procure, Propitiation, Religious, Rite, Sacrifice, Sake, Sale, Sell, Sheep, Sin, So, Some, Something, Suffer, Suffering, Surrender, Than, Thanksgiving, The, Thing, To, Token, Up, Upon, Value, Victim, Way, With

Sacrifice Quotations To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. Steve Prefontaine A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act. Mohandas Gandhi Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. Martin Luther King, Jr. He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would accomplish much must sacrifice much. James Allen It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sacrifice Translations sacrifice in Danish is byde, tilbyde sacrifice in Dutch is opofferen, offeren, aanbieden sacrifice in French is immoler, sacrifice, sacrifions, sacrifiez sacrifice in German is aufopfern, Opfer sacrifice in Italian is sacrificio, sacrificare sacrifice in Latin is devoveo, sacrificum, piaculum sacrifice in Spanish is sacrificar, presentar, ofrecer, sacrificio sacrifice in Swedish is uppoffring, offer, uppoffra, offra

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