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sacrifice noun 1 the offering of a slaughtered person or animal on an altar to God or a god. 2 the person or animal slaughtered for such an offering. 3 any offering, symbolic or tangible, made to God or a god. 4 the destruction, surrender, or giving up of something valued for the sake of someone or something else, especially a higher consideration. 5 theol Christ's offering of himself for the sake of mankind. verb (sacrificed, sacrificing) 1 to offer someone or something as a sacrifice to God or a god. 2 to surrender or give up something for the sake of some other person or thing. sacrificer noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from Latin sacrificium, from sacer sacred + facere to make.
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