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Meaning of "sacrificer" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SACRIFICER

ˈsækrɪˌfaɪsə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SACRIFICER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sacrificer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SACRIFICER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sacrifice

Sacrifice is the offering of food, objects or the lives of animals to a higher purpose, in particular divine beings, as an act of propitiation or worship. While sacrifice often implies ritual killing, the term offering can be used for bloodless sacrifices of cereal food or artifacts. For offerings of liquids by pouring, the term libation is used.

Definition of sacrificer in the English dictionary

The definition of sacrificer in the dictionary is someone who surrenders something of value as a means of gaining something more desirable or of preventing some evil. Other definition of sacrificer is someone who makes a ritual killing of a person or animal with the intention of propitiating or pleasing a deity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SACRIFICER

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SACRIFICER

sacrifice · sacrifice operative · sacrifice paddock · sacrificeable · sacrificial · sacrificial anode · sacrificial lamb · sacrificial victim · sacrificially · sacrify · sacrilege · sacrilegious · sacrilegiously · sacrilegiousness · sacrilegist · sacring · sacring bell · sacrist · sacristan · sacristies

WORDS THAT END LIKE SACRIFICER

army officer · arresting officer · artificer · chief executive officer · chief operating officer · chief warrant officer · commanding officer · compliance officer · executive officer · immigration officer · information officer · juicer · junior officer · loan officer · local government officer · medical officer · nursing officer · officer · police officer · safety officer · security officer

Synonyms and antonyms of sacrificer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sacrificer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SACRIFICER

Find out the translation of sacrificer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sacrificer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sacrificer» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

牺牲者
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

sacrificador
570 millions of speakers
en

English

sacrificer
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

sacrificer
380 millions of speakers
ar

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المضحي
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

жертвователь
278 millions of speakers
pt

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sacrificador
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ত্যাগী
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

sacrificateur
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Pengorbanan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Opfer
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

sacrificer
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

sacrificer
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Sacrificer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dâng tế lễ
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

sacrificer
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

यज्ञ
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kurbancı
70 millions of speakers
it

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sacrificatore
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

ofiarnik
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

жертводавець
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

jertfitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θύτης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

offer heer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sacrificer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sacrificer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sacrificer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SACRIFICER»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sacrificer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SACRIFICER»

Discover the use of sacrificer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sacrificer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sacrificed Wife/sacrificer's Wife: Women, Ritual, and ...
This book concerns the conceptual position of women in early India, specifically in the Vedic and early epic periods (c.1500-200 BCE), and it seeks to make contributions both to Indology and to gender studies.
Stephanie W. Jamison, 1996
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The Sacrificer and the Non Sacrificer
1886. Extracts, from the Hebrew and gentile scriptures, introduced into this work, have in many instances been abbreviated, in order to preserve the true meaning, by the exclusion of irrelevant matter.
Anna T. Jeanes, 2010
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The Sacred Books Of The East
... 8, 1 1 6 ; lord of s. is the sacrificer, 12, 15, 44, 187 ; 26, 378 ; sacrificer is the victim, 12, 49 n. ; s. is a man, i. e. represents the sacrificer himself, 12, 62, 78 sq., 78 n. ; 26, 25, 25 n., 126 sq., 135, 1391., 148 sq., 248, 248 n., 357 n. ; 44, 298, 484, ...
4
History of British Rule in India
... 279; 14, 275-8 ; s. performed by the wicked, are s. only in name, 8, 116; lord of s. is the sacrificer, 12, 15, 44, 187 ; 26, 378 ; sacrificcr is the victim, 12, 49 n. ; s. is a man, i. e. represents the sacrificer himself, 12, 62, 78 sq., 78 n. ; 26, 25, 25 n., ...
Edward Thompson, Edward T. & G.T. Garratt, 1999
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Index
... entering the order of ascetics, 7, 279 ; 14, 275-8 ; s. performed by the wicked, arc s. only in name, 8, 116; lord of s. is the sacrificer, 12, 15, 44, 187 ; 26, 378 ; sacrificer is the victim, 12, 49 n. ; s. is a man, i. e. represents the acrificer himself, 12, ...
F. Max Müller, M. Winternitz, 2001
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The Vedic Origins of Karma: Cosmos as Man in Ancient Indian ...
sacrificer, while they strived to maintain the ideology of such an event, in the ritual performance. The attempt to resolve this practical difficulty was concentrated in two closely related areas: the use of substitute victims — such as goats, cattle, ...
Herman Wayne Tull, 1989
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The Upanishads
"O Fire! Open the door of the earth—world. Let us see thee, that we may rule this earth. 5—6 Then the sacrificer offers an oblation, reciting thus: "Adoration to Agni, who dwells in the earth—world! Secure this world for me, the sacrificer. That is ...
‎1949
8
Tapta-Marga: Asceticism and Initiation in Vedic India
Reminiscent of the sacrificer's own Diksa, the Agni-lump- of-clay is deposited in an enclosed hut: "The sacrificer now encloses him within this stronghold . . . and again this is a womb. . . ,"69 Eventually, however, a fire-pan is made for the ...
Walter O. Kaelber, 1989
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Figuring Religions: Comparing Ideas, Images, and Activities
At each ancestral sacrifice, the chief sacrificer and his wife lead the men and women of their descent group to perform tasks that are well orchestrated to demonstrate both distinction and interdependence between the two sexes.“0 In the central ...
Shubha Pathak, 2013
10
Lushai Customs and Ceremonies
The idea being that if the Thianbul confers on the people who have been sent to call him the honour of sitting on a Thlengpui and they accept it, the Thianbul must be a bigger man than the sacrificer. The Thianbul keeps the Rualko in his ...
Bimal J. Dev, Dilip Kumar Lahiri, 1983

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SACRIFICER»

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Fan-made video tracks the rise and fall of Stannis Baratheon
... person in Westeros -- as a good guy, and on Tuesday he uploaded this video tribute to the daughter-sacrificer and Lord of Dragonstone, Stannis Baratheon. «CNET, Jun 15»
2
3 Things We Have In Common With Pagan Rome
This was something no sacrificer to Zeus with a home shrine tucked in the alcove could fathom. Given exactly how out of step the Church was from society, how ... «Aleteia EN, Apr 15»
3
Junction City Trainwrecks vs Sacred City Sacrificers 02.28
Roller derby season is here! I mean, unless you're a roller derby person—for you, it's ALWAYS roller derby season. However, now is the time the bouts start ... «SLUG Magazine, Mar 15»
4
Heifers, Serpents, Trees, Locusts
How is a sacrificer like a serpent, and how is a serpent like a collection of woodcutters with axes? Are we supposed to connect the sacrificial imagery of verse 21 ... «First Things, Mar 15»
5
'Sacrificer' seeks coalition of willing to stop the butchers
THE commander of a Christian paramilitary troop in northern Iraq that took up arms against Islamic State butchers last year has urged the government to provide ... «The Australian, Jan 15»
6
Insiders' books on Manmohan Singh spell trouble for Congress
What is more damaging is that it exposes the claim of (Congress president) Sonia Gandhi being a sacrificer; this is something which will hurt not just the morale ... «Livemint, Apr 14»
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Two games based on Rajinikanth's Kochadaiiyaan coming for iOS …
In this game, there are four environments to play; has option to upgrade to advance armour and weapons; and exciting power ups like Sacrificer and Invincibility ... «The Mobile Indian, Mar 14»
8
Delving Into Violence
There are three planes or stages for ritualistic bali—the sacrifice of the victim, sacrifice of the sacrificer himself and finally the sacrifice of the deity itself. «The New Indian Express, Jan 14»
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Art review: Fantastic arts of ancient Peru at the Kimbell
Woven tapestries, of course, are a trickier medium for illustration, and here the staff deity or sacrificer can be considerably abstracted, even fragmented into an ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 13»
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Caps beat Canes 5-3: Backstrom, Green, and Ovechkin Rule– Wait …
The first was probably tipped in by future goat sacrificer Jason Chimera as the entire Caps crew did everything they could to make Jiri feel welcome in the paint. «Russian Machine Never Breaks, Apr 13»
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