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sac·ri·fi·cial lamb

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  1. sacrificial lambnoun

    A lamb killed as an offering to the gods

  2. sacrificial lambnoun

    A person who is sacrificed (not literally) for the greater good of some cause

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  1. Sacrificial lamb

    A sacrificial lamb is a metaphorical reference to a person or animal sacrificed for the common good. The term is derived from the traditions of Abrahamic religion where a lamb is a highly valued possession.

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  1. Sacrificial lamb

    A sacrificial lamb is a metaphorical reference to a person or animal sacrificed for the common good. The term is derived from the traditions of Abrahamic religion where a lamb is a highly valued possession, but is offered to God as a sacrifice for the forgiveness of Sin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sacrificial lamb in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sacrificial lamb in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of sacrificial lamb in a Sentence

  1. 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.

  2. David Bernstein:

    Bogren was a good sacrificial lamb for this campaign, because his nomination was the product of a compromise with the Democrats, so he didn't have a Republican senator or constituency to fight for him, it's a shame, though, that Josh Hawley demagogued the issue, not only attacking Bogren for vigorously representing a client, but for wildly misrepresenting the arguments Bogren made on behalf of his client to falsely make him look like an anti-Catholic bigot.

  3. 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.


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