- sacrifice; victim
- жртва
English-Macedonian dictionary. 2013.
sacrifice; victim
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Sacrifice — • This term is identical with the English offering (Latin offerre) and the German Opfer Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sacrifice Sacrifice … Catholic encyclopedia
Sacrifice of the Mass — • The word Mass (missa) first established itself as the general designation for the Eucharistic Sacrifice in the West after the time of Pope Gregory the Great, the early Church having used the expression the breaking of bread (fractio panis) or… … Catholic encyclopedia
Victim — or victims may refer to: * in criminology, the victim of a crime. * in forensics, the name (VICTIMS Identification Project) of the National Database for Unidentified Human Remains in the United States * in religion, an animal sacrifice or human… … Wikipedia
Sacrifice — (from a Middle English verb meaning to make sacred , from Old French, from Latin sacrificium : sacr , sacred + facere , to make ) is commonly known as the practice of offering food, objects (typically valuables), or the lives of animals or people … Wikipedia
Sacrifice — 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. [1913 Webster] Great pomp, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sacrifice hit — Sacrifice 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. [1913 Webster] Great… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
victim — [vik′təm] n. [L victima, victim, beast for sacrifice < IE base * weik , to separate > OE wig, idol, wicce,WITCH] 1. a person or animal killed as a sacrifice to a god in a religious rite 2. someone or something killed, destroyed, injured, or … English World dictionary
victim — victim, prey, quarry denote a person or animal killed or injured for the ends of the one who kills or injures. Victim primarily applies to a living creature, usually an animal, sometimes a person, that is killed and offered as a sacrifice to a… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
victim — (n.) late 15c., living creature killed and offered as a sacrifice to a deity or supernatural power, from L. victima person or animal killed as a sacrifice. Perhaps distantly connected to O.E. wig idol, Goth. weihs holy, Ger. weihen consecrate (Cf … Etymology dictionary
victim — ► NOUN 1) a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime or accident. 2) a person who is tricked or duped. 3) an animal or person killed as a religious sacrifice. ● fall victim to Cf. ↑fall victim to ORIGIN Latin victim … English terms dictionary
victim — [n] someone or something sacrificed, preyed upon babe in woods*, butt, casualty, clown, dupe, easy make*, easy mark*, fatality, fool, gambit, gopher*, gudgeon*, gull, hireling, hunted, immolation, injured party, innocent, mark, martyr, patsy,… … New thesaurus
