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sacrificial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.fɪʃ.əl/
• /ˈsæk.ɹə.fɪʃ.əl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrificiālis (“sacrificial”), from sacrificium (“sacrifice”), from sacrificus (“sacrificial”), from sacrificō (“sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”) + faciō (“do, make”). By surface analysis, sacrifice + -ial.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Relating to sacrifice.
   • Rabban Yoḥanan could have succumbed to despair like many at that time. Instead, he looked for alternatives to the sacrificial system, because he understood that it would take a long time to rebuild the Temple and the Jewish people needed other ways to worship God. 2024, David Golinkin, “Comfort, Oh Comfort My People”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page x:
   • The old sacrificial well is still there, but animals aren't thrown into it to appease monsters anymore.
2. (not-comparable) Used as a sacrifice.
   • The ceremony involves the ritual slaying of a sacrificial lamb.
   • The sacrificial coating protects the hull, but because it takes the damage the hull doesn't, we must replace it annually.

Forms

Deriveds

nonsacrificial · sacrificial anode · unsacrificial · presacrificial · sacrificialness · sacrificial lamb · sacrificialism · sacrificiality · sacrificially · sacrificial hyperconjugation · sacrificial poet

Translations (23)

sv offer- (relating to sacrifice) · fi uhri- (used as a sacrifice) · de Opfer- (used as a sacrifice) · pt sacrificial (relating to sacrifice) · de Opfer- (relating to sacrifice) · it sacrificale (relating to sacrifice) · fi uhri- (relating to sacrifice) · es sacrificial (relating to sacrifice) · ar أَضَاحِيّ pl ذَبِيحَة (relating to sacrifice) · ar تَضْحِيَة (relating to sacrifice) · cy aberthol (relating to sacrifice) · ro sacrifical (relating to sacrifice) · bg жертвен (relating to sacrifice) · ar مُضَحٍّ (used as a sacrifice) · tr kurbanlık (used as a sacrifice) · ca sacrificial (relating to sacrifice) · ar أُضْحِيَّة (relating to sacrifice) · ru же́ртвенный (relating to sacrifice) · nl offer- (relating to sacrifice) · ru же́ртвенный (used as a sacrifice) · fr sacrificiel (relating to sacrifice) · uk жерто́вний (relating to sacrifice) · ar قُرْبَانِيّ (relating to sacrifice)