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Definitions for sacrificial
ˌsæk rəˈfɪʃ əlsac·ri·fi·cial

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sacrificialadjective

    used in or connected with a sacrifice

    "sacrificial lamb"

Wiktionary

  1. sacrificialadjective

    Relating to sacrifice

    The old sacrificial well is still there, but animals aren't thrown into it to appease monsters anymore.

  2. sacrificialadjective

    Used as a sacrifice.

  3. Etymology: From sacrificialis, from sacrificium, from sacrificus, from sacrifico, from sacer + facio.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sacrificialadjective

    Performing sacrifice; included in sacrifice.

    Etymology: from sacrifice.

    Rain sacrificial whisp’rings in his ear;
    Make sacred even his stirrop. William Shakespeare, Timon.

    Tertullian’s observation upon these sacrificial rites, is pertinent to this rule. Jeremy Taylor, Worthy Communicant.

Wikipedia

  1. sacrificial

    Sacrifice is the offering of material possessions or the lives of animals or humans to a deity as an act of propitiation or worship. Evidence of ritual animal sacrifice has been seen at least since ancient Hebrews and Greeks, and possibly existed before that. Evidence of ritual human sacrifice can also be found back to at least pre-Columbian civilizations of Mesoamerica as well as in European civilizations. Varieties of ritual non-human sacrifices are practiced by numerous religions today.

ChatGPT

  1. sacrificial

    Sacrificial refers to the act of offering, giving up, or relinquishing something as a sacrifice. It implies the surrender of something of value for the sake of a higher purpose or cause, often in religious ceremonies or rituals. This may include life, possessions, comfort or well-being. The term can also be used metaphorically, as in sacrificial effort or sacrificial love, where one sacrifices personal interests or desires for the benefit of others.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sacrificialadjective

    of or pertaining to sacrifice or sacrifices; consisting in sacrifice; performing sacrifice

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sacrificial in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sacrificial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of sacrificial in a Sentence

  1. Pat Lynch:

    These officers are sacrificial lambs, unjustly suffering for a common practice and I don’t blame them for the way they feel.

  2. Holly Irwin:

    We are what I call the' sacrificial lamb' for the bigger areas, in my opinion, look somewhere else -- we need to be able to sustain ourselves.

  3. Ayn Rand:

    So long as [men] hold the tribal notion that the individual is sacrificial fodder for the collective, that some men have the right to rule others by force, and that some (any) alleged 'good' can justify it -- there can be no peace within a nation and no peace among nations.

  4. Markian Dobczansky:

    In propaganda since 2014, The Donbas has become a sacrificial lamb in Russian narratives, it's the place where New Russia have cultivated a cult of victimhood. They've managed to turn their own fomenting of a war into a narrative of victimhood at the hands of Ukrainian nationalists.

  5. Ayn Rand:

    Volumes can be and have been written about the issue of freedom versus dictatorship, but, in essence, it comes down to a single question: do you consider it moral to treat men as sacrificial animals and to rule them by physical force?

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