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Pray to Christ for me that the animals will be the means of making me a sacrificial victim for God.
Ignatius of Antioch

Meaning of "sacrificial victim" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SACRIFICIAL VICTIM

sacrificial victim  [ˌsækrɪˈfɪʃəl ˈvɪktɪm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SACRIFICIAL VICTIM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sacrificial victim 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 SACRIFICIAL VICTIM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sacrificial victim

Animal sacrifice

Animal sacrifice is the ritual killing and offering of an animal to appease or maintain favour with a divine agency. Such forms of sacrifice are practised within many religions around the world and have appeared historically in almost all cultures, including those of the Sumerians, Hebrews, Greeks, Romans, Germanics, Celts, Aztecs, and Mayans. All or only part of a sacrificial animal may be offered, especially in the context of ritual slaughter. Remnants of ancient animal sacrifice can also be found in various contemporary practices, the kapparos and shechita of Judaism and ḏabīḥah of Islam, for example.

Definition of sacrificial victim in the English dictionary

The definition of sacrificial victim in the dictionary is a person who is ritually killed with the intention of propitiating or pleasing a deity. Other definition of sacrificial victim is someone who is killed or loses their life as a sacrifice to something else, e,g their country, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SACRIFICIAL VICTIM


alternatim
ˌɔːltəˈneɪtɪm
gradatim
ɡrəˈdeɪtɪm
gregatim
ɡrɪˈɡɑːtɪm
legitim
ˈledʒɪtɪm
literatim
ˌlɪtəˈrɑːtɪm
seriatim
ˌsɪərɪˈætɪm
Shittim
ˈʃɪtɪm
shochetim
ˈʃɒketɪm
statim
ˈstætɪm
stim
stɪm
verbatim
vɜːˈbeɪtɪm
victim
ˈvɪktɪm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SACRIFICIAL VICTIM

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE SACRIFICIAL VICTIM

aim
Anaheim
baalebatim
claim
denim
dim
fashion victim
him
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Jim
maxim
mim
Muslim
nim
proclaim
rim
sim
slim
swim
trim

Synonyms and antonyms of sacrificial victim in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sacrificial victim» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SACRIFICIAL VICTIM

Find out the translation of sacrificial victim to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sacrificial victim from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sacrificial victim» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

牺牲品
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

víctima sacrificial
570 millions of speakers

English

sacrificial victim
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बलि शिकार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الضحية القربانية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жертвенного
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vítima sacrificial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বলিদান শিকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

victime sacrificielle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Korban korban
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Opfer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

犠牲の犠牲者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

희생 피해자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Korban kurban
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nạn nhân hiến tế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தியாகம் செய்த பாதிரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

यज्ञासंबंधी बळी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kurban kurban
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vittima sacrificale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Ofiaro
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жертовного
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

victimă sacrificială
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξιλαστήριο θύμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opofferende slagoffer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

uppoffrande offer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oppofrende offer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sacrificial victim

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SACRIFICIAL VICTIM»

The term «sacrificial victim» is normally little used and occupies the 147.646 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SACRIFICIAL VICTIM» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «SACRIFICIAL VICTIM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sacrificial victim.
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Ignatius of Antioch
Pray to Christ for me that the animals will be the means of making me a sacrificial victim for God.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SACRIFICIAL VICTIM»

Discover the use of sacrificial victim in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sacrificial victim and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Genesis of Modernity
Rituals are based on double substitution: the (invisible) substitution of all the community into one by the designation and killing of the innocent victim; and the substitution of the original victim with the sacrificial victim in the actual ritual (ibid.
Arpad Szakolczai, 2013
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The Animal and the Daemon in Early China
So when on one occasion (in the year corresponding to 566 b.c.e) diviners failed to obtain an auspicious response after three divination sessions the bull was set free.141 The transformation of an animal into a sacrificial victim went parallel ...
Roel Sterckx, 2002
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Film, Faith, and Cultural Conflict: The Case of Martin ...
Cinematic mystification serves to heighten the audience's awareness of Jesus' role as a sacrificial victim. Stark polarities between good and evil are created to demonstrate the holiness and innocence of the victim, and the culpability and guilt ...
Robin Riley, 2003
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Transformations in Sacrificial Practices: From Antiquity to ...
When the sacrificial sites are prepared, the organisers invite their affinal partners, the mudrenga, to protect the village and the sacrificial victim. For this purpose the partners bring long bamboo poles, which they use for making two fences.
Eftychia Stavrianopoulou, Axel Michaels, Claus Ambos, 2008
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The House With Many Rooms
17,1; 13,1).46 Here Jesus sanctifies himself as a sacrificial victim. He lays down his life in full submission to his Father's will and his death is a sacrifice (cf. 10,17- 18).47 This dyidCco of Jn 17,19a is a futuristic present.48 It designates a ...
James McCaffrey, 1988
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Wrestling with God : Jewish Theological Responses during and ...
The role which is placed upon the sacrificial victim induces him to the highest possibility beyond na- ture. The sacrificial victim, as the object for a great act, is overwhelmed by an unimaginable bravery. The observer, who is only compassionate ...
Steven T. Katz Professor of Judaic Studies Boston University, Shlomo Biderman Professor of Philosophy Tel Aviv University, Gershon Greenberg Professor of Religion and Philosophy American University, 2006
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The Hindu Temple
The Fire is the actual performer of the sacrifice in which it is assisted by the sacrificer ; his sacrificial self is one in nature with the burning flame ; it consumes the lower self of the sacrificial victim ; Agni is the sacrifice of the Yajamana, and of  ...
Stella Kramrisch, 1996
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Atonement, Justice, and Peace: The Message of the Cross and ...
While connecting Christ and his death to the Day of Atonement, therefore, Paul's depiction of Christ as hilast3rion does notidentify Christ with either a sin-bearer or a sacrificial victim. The textual evidence from the Torah thus undercuts the ...
Darrin W. Snyder Belousek, 2012
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Postmodern Subjects, Postmodern Texts
While this is an essential requirement of the constitution of the sacrificial victim, the production of marginality also threatens to frustrate the sacrificial rites. If sacrifice is to be successful there must be a substitution; the victim must be made to ...
Jane Dowson, Steven Earnshaw, 1995
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History of British Rule in India
... 321 ; sacredness of the victims slain at sacrifices, 14, 193 ; the animal killed at the a. s. assumes a divine body and goes tip to heaven, 25, 175; 48, 599 ; the victim rests in immortal life, 26, 198 ; honour to be rendered to a sacrificial victim, 27 ...
Edward Thompson, Edward T. & G.T. Garratt, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SACRIFICIAL VICTIM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sacrificial victim is used in the context of the following news items.
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Gianluigi Buffon says Juventus aren't 'sacrificial victims' for Barcelona
Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon says he accepts Barcelona are favourites in Saturday's Champions League final, however his own team have not come to ... «ESPN FC, Jun 15»
2
Prof. Louis René Beres
Central to this revealing remark is the duality of sacrificial behavior; the fighters "will ... Looking over several thousand years of history, all sacrificial victims are ... «Arutz Sheva, May 15»
3
Let's emulate Diggers' sacrifice to tackle climate change
And although one sacrifice we recognise, with the reverence of religion, the ... the gradual preference for the self over the other as the primary sacrificial victim". «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 15»
4
A God Torn to Pieces: Good Friday, Nietzsche, and Sacrifice
Jesus was in no way God's victim; rather, Jesus was our sacrificial victim. Humans are responsible for the murder of God in Christ. Nietzsche knew this, but he ... «Patheos, Apr 15»
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Russia floats theories for rival figure's murder
The term “sacrificial victim” was also the same one Putin used three years ago when he warned that his political opponents were planning to kill one of their own ... «Boston Globe, Feb 15»
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Putin critic, Russian opposition leader killed in Moscow
"They are looking for a so-called sacrificial victim among some prominent figures," Putin, a former KGB agent, told a gathering of the All-Russia Popular Front, ... «Chicago Tribune, Feb 15»
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The ISIS Theater of Cruelty
A seemingly endless parade of black-clad assassins, each leading his own sacrificial victim, files across the beachfront in a skillful montage with multiple angles, ... «New York Times, Feb 15»
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Elites' Sacrificial Victims
In short, there is no scandal victim less sympathetic than the now-well-retired Lois Lerner, even if the damage she did to innocent others does not register on the ... «National Review Online, Apr 14»
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Human Sacrifice Among the Ideologues
As the English were to discover under Cromwell, Calvinism is famously on the lookout for impurity and tends to seize on those sacrificial victims (such as Charles ... «Catholic World Report, Apr 14»
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Was Citi the Fed's sacrificial lamb?
"I think every year the Fed has a sacrificial victim in there. Last year it was Goldman and JPMorgan, which got a qualified pass. The year before it was Citi and ... «CNBC.com, Mar 14»

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