sacrifice
/ˈsæk.ɹɪˌfaɪs/ sustantivo C1En español: sacrificio
- Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
- A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see etymology 1 sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
- The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
- Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
- The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as (Protestantism) an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's crucifixion, or (Roman Catholicism) a perpetual re-presentation of Christ's sacrificial offering.
- The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose. · the sacrifice of one’s spare time in order to volunteer
- In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- A monetary loss incurred by selling something at less than its value; also, the thing thus sold.
Plural sacrifices
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“Certainly,” continued Danglars, “the sacrifice was no trifling one, when the beauty of the bride is concerned.
I told you Villefort was ambitious, and to attain this ambition Villefort would sacrifice everything, even his father.”
“I mean--I don’t think I ought to let Gilbert make such a sacrifice for--for me.”
Do I not love him even to sacrifice myself rather than break his dear heart.
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