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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : sak-ruh-fahys |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæk rəˌfaɪs |
Définition of sacrificed
Origin :- late 13c., "offering of something (especially a life) to a deity as an act of propitiation or homage;" mid-14c., "that which is offered in sacrifice," from Old French sacrifise "sacrifice, offering" (12c.), from Latin sacrificium, from sacrificus "performing priestly functions or sacrifices," from sacra "sacred rites" (properly neuter plural of sacer "sacred;" see sacred) + root of facere "to do, perform" (see factitious).
- Latin sacrificium is glossed in Old English by ansegdniss. Sense of "act of giving up one thing for another; something given up for the sake of another" is first recorded 1590s. Baseball sense first attested 1880.
- adj gone
- Victims were sacrificed, and the omens declared not unpropitious.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- I beg, that I may not be sacrificed to projects, and remote contingencies.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- You must, you will, I doubt, be sacrificed to this odious man.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- When must our Sunday's rest and our attendance at church be sacrificed?
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- She must not be sacrificed to policy or ambition, and she must not be left to suffer from the dread of it.
- Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen
- Have we sacrificed enough for those in worse plight than ourselves?
- Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
- A few years have been sacrificed; but the lessons that they have taught me remain.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- I detest the reflection that I would have sacrificed your happiness to mine.
- Extract from : « Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 » by Henry Fielding
- Energy, ambition, my former aims and objects, were all sacrificed at her tomb.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- No, Hatteras, you have not sacrificed your personal antipathies.
- Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
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