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Synonyms for immolation
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : im-uh-ley-shuh n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪm əˈleɪ ʃən |
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Définition of immolation
Origin :- early 15c., "a sacrificing" (originally especially with reference to Christ), from Middle French immolation (13c.) or directly from Latin immolationem (nominative immolatio) "a sacrificing," noun of action from past participle stem of immolare (see immolate).
- noun sacrifice
- Joan also watched the immolation, and she was a little angry at it.
- Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
- The mystery of love, the immolation of the Holy Victim, was about to begin.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- But if this immolation is necessary to your peace of mind, it shall be done—I owe it to you.
- Extract from : « The Child of Pleasure » by Gabriele D'Annunzio
- That of immolation, you answer, as typifying the grand offering.
- Extract from : « The Round Towers of Ireland » by Henry O'Brien
- But nobody behaving honestly is fit to be designated for immolation on my part.
- Extract from : « The Gtakaml » by rya Sra
- But figures after all are an inane expression of such an immolation.
- Extract from : « The Song of the Rappahannock » by Ira Seymour Dodd
- She emptied her blackened pieces into the flames, and motioned me to finish the immolation.
- Extract from : « Wuthering Heights » by Emily Bronte
- The Norse sources are full of tragic examples of immolation.
- Extract from : « Women of the Teutonic Nations » by Hermann Schoenfeld
- I offer you all the pleasures of life, and you call it immolation.
- Extract from : « Cynthia Wakeham's Money » by Anna Katharine Green
- Moreover, it was believed that an immolation by fire would purify Carthage.
- Extract from : « Salammbo » by Gustave Flaubert
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