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Definition of Immolator
1. n. One who offers in sacrifice; specifically, one of a sect of Russian fanatics who practice self-mutilation and sacrifice.
Definition of Immolator
1. Noun. One who offers in sacrifice. ¹
2. Noun. (historical) One of a sect of Russian fanatics who practised self-mutilation and sacrifice. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Immolator
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Immolator
Literary usage of Immolator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays on the Religion and Philosophy of the Hindus by Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1858)
"A question is raised, whether the immolator of a victim at the sacrifice of an
animal ... No one is specially engaged for immolator independently of other ..."
2. Indo-Aryans: Contributions Towards the Elucidation of Their Ancient and by Raja Rājendralāla Mitra (1881)
"Another series of mantras and offerings having been gone through by the Adhvaryu,
an axe is placed in the hands of the immolator, a spike stuck into the ..."
3. Miscellaneous Essays by Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Edward Byles Cowell (1873)
"No one is specially engaged for immolator independently of other functions ; but
some one of the party, who has other duties to discharge, slays the victim ..."
4. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1885)
"39. immolator, 2J lines. b. Base and apex of hind tibiae dark. ... 39. immolator,
2£ lines. ** 2nd segment of female not transverse. ..."
5. Life in Ancient India by Charlotte Speir Manning, Manning (Charlotte Speir), George Scharf (1856)
"This was done, the victim was bound, and the priests walked round him, bearing
burning brands of sacred grass. But still there was no immolator amongst the ..."
6. The Teaching of the Vedas: What Light Does it Throw on the Origin and by Maurice Phillips (1895)
"May no greedy and unskilful immolator, missing with the sword, throw thy mangled
limbs together. Indeed, thou diest not thus, thou sufferest not; ..."
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