immolation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English immolacion, from Middle French immolation, from Old French, from Latin immolatio.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated.
The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVI, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:Mary heard with sorrow, and fear also, of the projected journey; but the altered expression of Isabella's countenance was a great palliative—dreadful as it was that her husband should love another (and of that distressing fact it was impossible to doubt), his confidence was consoling; and her power to prove the firmness of her character, her right to his esteem, and the immolation of her happiness to further his desires, had, in itself, the sustainment which belongs to great sacrifice.
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 66:
- (countable, uncountable) That which is immolated; a sacrifice.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of maliciously burning a person.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| immolations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
twimmolation · self-immolation
Relateds
Translations (22)
fi uhraus (act of immolating) · es inmolación (act of immolating) · de Aufopferung (act of immolating) · bg жертвоприношение (act of immolating) · sh prinošenje žrtve (act of immolating) · sh imolacija (act of immolating) · cmn 供物 (act of immolating) · bo དམར་མཆོད (act of immolating) · de Opfer (that which is immolated) · pt imolação (act of immolating) · fi uhri (that which is immolated) · pt imolado (that which is immolated) · cmn 獻祭 /献祭 (act of immolating) · ru же́ртва (that which is immolated) · ca immolació (act of immolating) · uk же́ртва (that which is immolated) · bg жертвено животно (that which is immolated) · gl inmolación (act of immolating) · sh žrtva (that which is immolated) · uk жертвоприно́шення (act of immolating) · ru жертвоприноше́ние (act of immolating) · fr immolation (act of immolating)