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Burnt sacrifice
(gcide) | Sacrifice \Sac"ri*fice\ (?; 277), n. [OE. sacrifise, sacrifice,
F. sacrifice, fr. L. sacrificium; sacer sacred + facere to
make. See Sacred, and Fact.]
1. The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory
rite.
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Great pomp, and sacrifice, and praises loud,
To Dagon. --Milton.
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2. Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity;
an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon
an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious
thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation.
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Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood
Of human sacrifice. --Milton.
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My life, if thou preserv'st my life,
Thy sacrifice shall be. --Addison.
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3. Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of
something else; devotion of some desirable object in
behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more
pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up;
as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure
to interest.
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4. A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
[Tradesmen's Cant]
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Burnt sacrifice. See Burnt offering, under Burnt.
Sacrifice hit (Baseball), in batting, a hit of such a kind
that the batter loses his chance of tallying, but enables
one or more who are on bases to get home or gain a base.
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burnt sacrifice
(gcide) | Burnt \Burnt\, p. p. & a.
Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with
fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.
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Burnt ear, a black, powdery fungus which destroys grain.
See Smut.
Burnt offering, something offered and burnt on an altar, as
an atonement for sin; a sacrifice. The offerings of the
Jews were a clean animal, as an ox, a calf, a goat, or a
sheep; or some vegetable substance, as bread, or ears of
wheat or barley. Called also burnt sacrifice. --[2 Sam.
xxiv. 22.]
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Burnt sacrifice
(gcide) | Sacrifice \Sac"ri*fice\ (?; 277), n. [OE. sacrifise, sacrifice,
F. sacrifice, fr. L. sacrificium; sacer sacred + facere to
make. See Sacred, and Fact.]
1. The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory
rite.
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Great pomp, and sacrifice, and praises loud,
To Dagon. --Milton.
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2. Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity;
an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon
an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious
thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation.
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Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood
Of human sacrifice. --Milton.
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My life, if thou preserv'st my life,
Thy sacrifice shall be. --Addison.
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3. Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of
something else; devotion of some desirable object in
behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more
pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up;
as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure
to interest.
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4. A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
[Tradesmen's Cant]
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Burnt sacrifice. See Burnt offering, under Burnt.
Sacrifice hit (Baseball), in batting, a hit of such a kind
that the batter loses his chance of tallying, but enables
one or more who are on bases to get home or gain a base.
[1913 Webster]Burnt \Burnt\, p. p. & a.
Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with
fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.
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Burnt ear, a black, powdery fungus which destroys grain.
See Smut.
Burnt offering, something offered and burnt on an altar, as
an atonement for sin; a sacrifice. The offerings of the
Jews were a clean animal, as an ox, a calf, a goat, or a
sheep; or some vegetable substance, as bread, or ears of
wheat or barley. Called also burnt sacrifice. --[2 Sam.
xxiv. 22.]
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