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Definition of Immolates
1. immolate [v] - See also: immolate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Immolates
Literary usage of Immolates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History and Repository of Pulpit Eloquence, (deceased Divines,) Containing by Henry Clay Fish (1856)
"Behold a sacrifice which includes all others 1 Behold a man who, by one oblation,
immolates all things to God! He sacrifices to Him his wealth, ..."
2. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James (1902)
"By poverty he immolates his exterior possessions; by chastity he immolates his
body; by obedience he completes the sacrifice, and gives to God all that he ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"SUTTEE, a widow who immolates herself on the funeral pile of her husband; also
the sacrifice of burning a widow. (Skt.) The E. « represents Skt. short a, ..."
4. The Satapatha-brâhmana: According to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School by Julius Eggeling (1900)
"On the last day he immolates bovine (victims), for they—to wit, bovine (victims)—are
all ... thus immolates all animals. They are sacred to the All-gods 2, ..."
5. Notitia Eucharistica: A Commentary, Explanatory, Doctrinal, and Historical by William Edward Scudamore (1876)
"S. Augustine,7 AD 396:—" The Church . . . immolates to God a Sacrifice of Praise
in the Body of Christ. ..."
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