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sacrifice, ritual killingnoun
the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
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Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more humans as part of a ritual, which is usually intended to please or appease gods, a human ruler, an authoritative/priestly figure or spirits of dead ancestors or as a retainer sacrifice, wherein a monarch's servants are killed in order for them to continue to serve their master in the next life. Closely related practices found in some tribal societies are cannibalism and headhunting.Human sacrifice was practiced in many human societies beginning in prehistoric times. By the Iron Age (1st millennium BCE), with the associated developments in religion (the Axial Age), human sacrifice was becoming less common throughout Africa, Europe, and Asia, and came to be looked down upon as barbaric during classical antiquity. In the Americas, however, human sacrifice continued to be practiced, by some, to varying degrees until the European colonization of the Americas. Today, human sacrifice has become extremely rare. Modern secular laws treat human sacrifices as tantamount to murder. Most major religions in the modern day condemn the practice. For example, the Hebrew Bible prohibits murder and human sacrifice to Moloch.
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Ritual killing refers to the act of taking a life of a living being (often an animal, and in some extreme historical or cultural instances, a human) as part of a ceremonial or religious practice. This act is typically carried out in a symbolic manner and in accordance with specific established rites, with the belief that it may appease a divine entity, uphold cultural values, or bring about a desired outcome.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ritual killing in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ritual killing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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