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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

sacrificeless en · ADJ

Etymology

From sacrifice + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Without (religious) sacrifice.
    • The basilica-type synagogue arose in answer to the need for space in which to carry out the new conception of a sacrificeless worship... 1950, Adolf Reifenberg, Ancient Hebrew arts:
    • In SWAP, the sacrificial meal of the eucharist has become a sacrificeless meal, a comfortable meal that fails to challenge or to demand commitment. 1994, James Dallen, The dilemma of priestless Sundays: