the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
2.
the person, animal, or thing so offered.
3.
the surrender or destruction of something prized or desirable for the sake of something considered as having a higher or more pressing claim.
4.
the thing so surrendered or devoted.
5.
a loss incurred in selling something below its value.
6.
Also called sacrifice bunt, sacrifice hit.Baseball. a bunt made when there are fewer than two players out, not resulting in a double play, that advances the base runner nearest home without an error being committed if there is an attempt to put the runner out, and that results in either the batter's being put out at first base, reaching first on an error made in the attempt for the put-out, or being safe because of an attempt to put out another runner.
–verb (used with object)
7.
to make a sacrifice or offering of.
8.
to surrender or give up, or permit injury or disadvantage to, for the sake of something else.
9.
to dispose of (goods, property, etc.) regardless of profit.
10.
Baseball. to cause the advance of (a base runner) by a sacrifice.
–verb (used without object)
11.
Baseball. to make a sacrifice: He sacrificed with two on and none out.
12.
to offer or make a sacrifice.
[Origin: 1225–75; (n.) ME < OF < L sacrificium, equiv. to sacri- (comb. form of sacer holy) + -fic-, comb. form of facere to make, do1+ -ium-ium; (v.) ME sacrifisen, deriv. of the n.]
c.1250, from O.Fr. sacrifise (12c.), from L. sacrificium, from sacrificus "performing priestly functions or sacrifices," from sacra "sacred rites" (prop. neut. pl. of sacer "sacred," see sacred) + root of facere "to do, perform" (see factitious). L. sacrificium is glossed in O.E. by ansegdniss. Sense of "something given up for the sake of another" is first recorded 1592. Baseball sense first attested 1880. The verb is first recorded c.1290.
the act of offering something (eg an animal that is specially killed) to a god Example: A lamb was offered in sacrifice.
Arabic:
تَضْحِيَه
Chinese (Simplified):
献祭，祭品，供奉
Chinese (Traditional):
獻祭，祭品，供奉
Czech:
obětování
Danish:
offer
Dutch:
heilig
Estonian:
ohverdamine
Finnish:
uhraus
French:
sacrifice
German:
das Opfer
Greek:
θυσία
Hungarian:
áldozat
Icelandic:
fórn
Indonesian:
pengorbanan
Italian:
sacrificio
Japanese:
いけにえを捧げること
Korean:
신에게 (산) 제물을 바치기
Latvian:
upurēšana; ziedošana
Lithuanian:
aukojimas
Norwegian:
offer, ofring, blot
Polish:
ofiara
Portuguese (Brazil):
sacrifício
Portuguese (Portugal):
sacrifício
Romanian:
jertfă
Russian:
жертвоприношение
Slovak:
obeť
Slovenian:
žrtvovanje
Spanish:
sacrificio
Swedish:
offrande
Turkish:
kurban etme
sacrifice2[ˈsӕkrifais]noun
the thing that is offered in this way
Arabic:
ذَبيحَه، قُرْبان
Chinese (Simplified):
牺牲品
Chinese (Traditional):
犧牲品
Czech:
oběť
Danish:
offer
Dutch:
offerande
Estonian:
ohver
Finnish:
uhri
French:
sacrifice
German:
das Opfer
Greek:
θύμα, σφάγιο
Hungarian:
áldozat
Icelandic:
fórn, fórnarlamb
Indonesian:
kurban
Italian:
sacrificio
Japanese:
いけにえ
Korean:
(산) 제물
Latvian:
upuris; ziedojums
Lithuanian:
auka
Norwegian:
offer(-)
Polish:
ofiara
Portuguese (Brazil):
sacrifício
Portuguese (Portugal):
sacrifício
Romanian:
ofrandă
Russian:
жертва
Slovak:
obeť
Slovenian:
žrtev
Spanish:
sacrificio
Swedish:
offer
Turkish:
kurban
sacrifice3[ˈsӕkrifais]noun
something of value given away or up in order to gain something more important or to benefit another person Example: His parents made sacrifices to pay for his education.
Arabic:
بَذْل، تَضْحِيَه
Chinese (Simplified):
牺牲
Chinese (Traditional):
犧牲
Czech:
oběť
Danish:
offer; afsavn
Dutch:
offer
Estonian:
ohverdamine
Finnish:
uhraus
French:
sacrifice
German:
das Opfer
Greek:
θυσία
Hungarian:
áldozat
Icelandic:
tilkostnaður, fórn
Indonesian:
pengorbanan
Italian:
sacrificio
Japanese:
犠牲を払う
Korean:
희생(적 행위)
Latvian:
upuris; uzupurēšanās
Lithuanian:
pasiaukojimas
Norwegian:
offer
Polish:
poświęcenie
Portuguese (Brazil):
sacrifício
Portuguese (Portugal):
sacrifício
Romanian:
sacrificiu
Russian:
жертва
Slovak:
obeť
Slovenian:
odrekanje
Spanish:
sacrificio
Swedish:
uppoffring
Turkish:
fedakârlık, özveri
sacrifice1[ˈsӕkrifais]verb
to offer as a sacrifice Example: He sacrificed a sheep in the temple.
Arabic:
يُقَدِّمُ تَضْحِيَه أو ذبيحَه
Chinese (Simplified):
献祭，供奉
Chinese (Traditional):
獻祭，供奉
Czech:
obětovat
Danish:
ofre
Dutch:
offeren
Estonian:
ohverdama
Finnish:
uhrata
French:
sacrifier
German:
opfern
Greek:
προσφέρω κτ. ως θυσία
Hungarian:
feláldoz
Icelandic:
fórna
Indonesian:
mengorbankan
Italian:
sacrificare
Japanese:
いけにえを捧げる
Korean:
…을 제물로 바치다
Latvian:
upurēt; ziedot
Lithuanian:
aukoti
Norwegian:
ofre, blote
Polish:
złożyć ofiarę z
Portuguese (Brazil):
sacrificar
Portuguese (Portugal):
sacrificar
Romanian:
a jertfi
Russian:
приносить в жертву
Slovak:
obetovať
Slovenian:
žrtvovati
Spanish:
sacrificar
Swedish:
offra
Turkish:
kurban etmek
sacrifice2[ˈsӕkrifais]verb
to give away etc for the sake of something or someone else Example: He sacrificed his life trying to save the children from the burning house.
Sac"ri*fice\ (?; 277), n. [OE. sacrifise, sacrifice, F. sacrifice, fr. L. sacrificium; sacer sacred + facere to make. See Sacred, and Fact.]1. The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite. Great pomp, and sacrifice, and praises loud, To Dagon. --Milton. 2. Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity; an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation. Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice. --Milton. My life, if thou preserv'st my life, Thy sacrifice shall be. --Addison. 3. Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up; as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest. 4. A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value. [Tradesmen's Cant] Burnt sacrifice. See Burnt offering, under Burnt. Sacrifice hit (Baseball), in batting, a hit of such a kind that the batter loses his chance of tallying, but enables one or more who are on bases to get home or gain a base.
The offering up of sacrifices is to be regarded as a divine institution. It did not originate with man. God himself appointed it as the mode in which acceptable worship was to be offered to him by guilty man. The language and the idea of sacrifice pervade the whole Bible. Sacrifices were offered in the ante-diluvian age. The Lord clothed Adam and Eve with the skins of animals, which in all probability had been offered in sacrifice (Gen. 3:21). Abel offered a sacrifice "of the firstlings of his flock" (4:4; Heb. 11:4). A distinction also was made between clean and unclean animals, which there is every reason to believe had reference to the offering up of sacrifices (Gen. 7:2, 8), because animals were not given to man as food till after the Flood. The same practice is continued down through the patriarchal age (Gen. 8:20; 12:7; 13:4, 18; 15:9-11; 22:1-18, etc.). In the Mosaic period of Old Testament history definite laws were prescribed by God regarding the different kinds of sacrifices that were to be offered and the manner in which the offering was to be made. The offering of stated sacrifices became indeed a prominent and distinctive feature of the whole period (Ex. 12:3-27; Lev. 23:5-8; Num. 9:2-14). (See ALTAR.) We learn from the Epistle to the Hebrews that sacrifices had in themselves no value or efficacy. They were only the "shadow of good things to come," and pointed the worshippers forward to the coming of the great High Priest, who, in the fullness of the time, "was offered once for all to bear the sin of many." Sacrifices belonged to a temporary economy, to a system of types and emblems which served their purposes and have now passed away. The "one sacrifice for sins" hath "perfected for ever them that are sanctified." Sacrifices were of two kinds: 1. Unbloody, such as (1) first-fruits and tithes; (2) meat and drink-offerings; and (3) incense. 2. Bloody, such as (1) burnt-offerings; (2) peace-offerings; and (3) sin and trespass offerings. (See OFFERINGS.)
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