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Immolation

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed.

n. That which is immolated; a sacrifice.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed.

n. That which is immolated; a sacrifice.

n. Destruction by fire.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated.

n. A sacrificial offering; a sacrifice.

n. The title of the eucharistic preface in the Gallican liturgy: so called because it is an introduction to the sacrifice of the mass. See preface, 2.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. killing or offering as a sacrifice

Word Usage

"The reason for His self-immolation is not presented, but the isolation of the deity from his domain and the prolonged nature of His suicide would suggest a supreme being that fell drastically out of touch with those who once worshipped Him."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

sacrifice ritual killing

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

sacrifice

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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