Meaning of IMMOLATION
| Pronunciation: | | `imu'leyshun
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| | Definition: | | [n] killing or offering as a sacrifice |
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| | See Also: | | ritual killing, sacrifice | |
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| | Definition: | | \Im`mo*la"tion\, n. [L. immolatio: cf. F.
immolation.]
1. The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or
sacrificed. --Sir. T. Browne.
2. That which is immolated; a sacrifice.
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| | Related Terms: | | bane, blood, bloodletting, bloodshed, braining, burnt offering, collection, dealing death, destruction, destruction of life, dispatch, drink offering, euthanasia, ex voto offering, execution, extermination, flow of blood, gore, heave offering, hecatomb, holocaust, human sacrifice, incense, infanticide, kill, killing, lapidation, libation, mactation, martyrdom, martyrization, mercy killing, oblation, offering, offertory, peace offering, piacular offering, poisoning, ritual killing, ritual murder, sacramental offering, sacrifice, scapegoat, self-immolation, self-sacrifice, shooting, slaughter, slaying, stoning, suttee, sutteeism, taking of life, thank offering, votive offering, whole offering |
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