sacrifice – English-Nederlands Translations in WikDict

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sacrifice verb /-faɪz/ , /ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/ , /ˈsækɹɪfaɪs/
(religion) To offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity. To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically (science) , to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test. To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable. (religion) To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.	offeren

sacrifice noun /-faɪz/ , /ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/ , /ˈsækɹɪfaɪs/
A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see sense 1.3), offered to a deity.	offer, opoffering
Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.	opoffering

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