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sacrificed, ppl. a.|ˈsækrɪfaɪst| [f. sacrifice v. + -ed1.] †1. Made sacred; sanctified. Obs.
1504Lady Margaret tr. De Imitatione iv. i. 261 All cristen people..kysses the sacryfyced bones [orig. sacra ossa] of sayntes, wrapped in clothes of Sylke and Golde. 2. Offered as a sacrifice.
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxvii. §7 What merit force or vertue soeuer there is in his sacrificed body & bloud. 1626Bacon Sylva §400 It is reported by one of the Ancients, of credit, that a Sacrificed Beast hath lowed, after the Heart hath been severed. 1681–6J. Scott Chr. Life (1747) III. 184 This Address is performed by the presenting his sacrificed Body to the Father in Heaven. 1715Leoni Palladio's Archit. (1742) II. 77 The Entrails of sacrificed Beasts. 1768S. Bentley River Dove 14 Still yearly, to popular Rage, A sacrific'd Bull is the Sport. 3. Given up or abandoned for the sake of others.
1884M. Arnold in Pall Mall G. 1 Dec. 6/2 Those classes which, in comparison with the great possessing and trading classes—who may be called the fortunate classes—may be called the sacrificed classes. 1891[see sacrifice n. 6]. |