act+of+sacrifice
1Sacrifice 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… …
2sacrifice — sacrificeable, adj. sacrificer, n. /sak reuh fuys /, n., v., sacrificed, sacrificing. n. 1. the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage. 2. the person, animal, or thing so… …
3SACRIFICE — IN THE BIBLE In the Bible various verbs are used to designate the act of sacrifice. Two of them, שחט and טבח, are used for the slaughter of animals for both secular (cf. Gen. 43:16; Num. 11:22) and sacred purposes, while the verbs זבח (hence the… …
4Sacrifice — • This term is identical with the English offering (Latin offerre) and the German Opfer Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sacrifice Sacrifice …
5Sacrifice — (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 …
6sacrifice — [sak′rə fīs΄] n. [OFr < L sacrificium < sacer, SACRED + facere, to make, DO1] 1. a) the act of offering the life of a person or animal, or some object, in propitiation of or homage to a deity b) something so offered 2 …
7sacrifice — ► NOUN 1) the practice or an act of killing an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to a deity. 2) an animal, person, or object offered in this way. 3) an act of giving up something one values for the sake of something… …
8Act II Tour — Tournée de Prince Album promu Love Symbol Début de la tournée 26 juillet 1993 à Birmingham …
9Act I Tour — Tournée de Prince Prince sa canne et son légendaire Micro Pistolet pendant la tournée. Album promu Love Symbol Début de la tournée 18 février 1993 à Minneapolis …
10sacrifice — sac|ri|fice1 [ˈsækrıfaıs] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin sacrificium, from sacer ( SACRED) + facere to make ] 1.) [U and C] when you decide not to have something valuable, in order to get something that is more important ▪ The… …
