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sac·ri·fice
I. \ˈsakrəˌfīs also -_fə̇s or -ˌfīz sometimes especially before pl ending -ˌfis\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English sacrifise, sacrifice, from Old French, from Latin sacrificium, from sacri- (from sacr-, sacer sacred) + -ficium (akin to Latin -ficare -fy) — more at sacred
1.
a. : an act or action of making an offering of animal or vegetable life, of food, drink, or incense, or of some precious object to a deity or spiritual being
b. : something consecrated and offered to God or to a divinity or an immolated victim or an offering of any kind laid on an altar or otherwise presented in the way of religious thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation
2.
a. : the crucifixion of Christ; specifically : the voluntary offering by Christ of himself to reconcile God and man
b. often capitalized : the sacramental repetition of Jesus Christ's death on the cross held by some Christians to be Christ's repeatable offering of himself to God on behalf of men
< Eastern Orthodoxy's Bloodless Sacrifice >
3.
a. : destruction or surrender of something for the sake of something else : giving up of some desirable thing in behalf of a higher object
b. : something given up or lost
< the sacrifices made by parents >
4.
a. : loss, deprivation
< the sacrifice of a whole regiment >
< flood victims who suffered the sacrifice of their homes >
b. : financial loss (as incurred from selling goods marked down for immediate sale)
5. : sacrifice hit
II. \-ˌfīs also -ˌfīz sometimes -_fə̇s or especially before ə̇z & iŋ endings -ˌfis\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English sacrifisen, sacrificen, from sacrifise, sacrifice, n.
transitive verb
1. : to offer (as a sacrificial victim) as a sacrifice : make a sacrifice or religious oblation : immolate
< Abraham about to sacrifice Isaac >
2. : to suffer loss of, give up, renounce, injure, or destroy often for an ideal or belief or for an advantageous or beneficial end
< sacrifice lives for the sake of freedom >
3. : to sell at a loss
< the owner sacrificeed his house >
intransitive verb
1. : to offer up or perform rites of a sacrifice
2. : to make a sacrifice hit in baseball
Synonyms: see forgo |