Definition of Sacrificial

1. Adjective. Used in or connected with a sacrifice. "Sacrificial lamb"

Partainyms: Sacrifice
Derivative terms: Sacrifice

Definition of Sacrificial

1. a. Of or pertaining to sacrifice or sacrifices; consisting in sacrifice; performing sacrifice.

Definition of Sacrificial

1. Adjective. Relating to sacrifice ¹

2. Adjective. Used as a sacrifice. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sacrificial

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sacrificial

sacrificator
sacrificatory
sacrifice
sacrifice bunt
sacrifice bunts
sacrifice flies
sacrifice fly
sacrifice operation
sacrificeable
sacrificed
sacrificeless
sacrificer
sacrificers
sacrifices
sacrificeth
sacrificial
sacrificial anode
sacrificial anodes
sacrificial lamb
sacrificial lambs
sacrificially
sacrificing
sacrified
sacrifier
sacrifiers
sacrifies
sacrify
sacrilege
sacrileges
sacrilegious

Literary usage of Sacrificial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1918)
"But direct sacrificial terms appear at times in the Gospels, Epistles, and Apocalypse, ... This sacrificial symbol is definitely applied to Jesus. ..."

2. Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda by Arthur Berriedale Keith (1920)
"Then1 he invokes the sacrificial food; carrying in his right hand the second ... Having invoked the sacrificial food and having sniffed it he pauses; ..."

3. The Satapatha-brâhmana: According to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School by Julius Eggeling (1900)
"And some, it is true, perform the animal sacrifice without Soma, and others with Soma; for he who makes the sacrificial stake other than of ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Before every table are set sacrificial offerings of soup, flesh, vegetables, etc. To the ancestors of the emporor, as well as to the sun and moon, ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Before every table are set sacrificial offerings of soup, flesh, vegetables, etc. To the ancestors of the emperor, as well as |o the sun and moon, ..."

6. History of India by Romesh Chunder Dutt, Vincent Arthur Smith, A. V. Williams Jackson, Stanley Lane-Poole, Henry Miers Elliot, William Wilson Hunter, Alfred Comyn Lyall (1906)
"When it was offered, the sacrificial essence went out of it. It entered into the ox. When it was offered up, the sacrificial essence went out of it. ..."

7. The System of the Vedânta: According to Bâdarâyaṇa's Brahma-sûtras and by Paul Deussen (1912)
"The first sacrificial fire, through which man passes, is ti> other world; its elements ... The third sacrificial fire, consisting of the year (that it time) ..."

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