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sacrificial

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrifici?lis (sacrificial), from sacrificium (sacrifice), from sacrificus (sacrificial), from sacrific? (sacrifice), from sacer (sacred, holy) + faci? (do, make).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?sæk.??.f??.?l/, /?sæk.??.f??.?l/

Adjective

sacrificial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to sacrifice
    The old sacrificial well is still there, but animals aren't thrown into it to appease monsters anymore.
  2. Used as a sacrifice.
    The sacrificial coating protects the hull, but because it takes the damage the hull doesn't, we must replace it annually.
    The ceremony involves the ritual slaying of a sacrificial lamb.

Derived terms

  • sacrificially
  • sacrificial anode

Translations


Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrifici?lis.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /s?.k?i.fi.si?al/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /sa.k?i.fi.si?al/
  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective

sacrificial (masculine and feminine plural sacrificials)

  1. sacrificial

Related terms

  • sacrificar
  • sacrifici

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrifici?lis.

Adjective

sacrificial (plural sacrificiales)

  1. sacrificial

Related terms

  • sacrificar
  • sacrificio

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sacellum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacellum.

Noun

sacellum (plural sacella)

  1. A small chapel, as a monument within a church.
  2. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a shrine open to the sky, sometimes used for sacrificial purposes, or in honor of the divine.

Latin

Etymology

A diminutive from sacer (sacred, dedicated) +? -lus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sa?kel.lum/, [s?ä?k?l?????]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sa?t??el.lum/, [s??t???l?um]

Noun

sacellum n (genitive sacell?); second declension

  1. A sanctuary dedicated to a deity, usually open to the sky
  2. A chapel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Synonyms

  • (chapel): aedicula

Related terms

  • sacer

Descendants

  • English: sacellum

References

  • sacellum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sacellum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sacellum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • sacellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • sacellum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sacellum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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