sacrificial
Relating to sacrifice.
Example
“The old sacrificial well is still there, but animals aren't thrown into it to appease monsters anymore.”
Other meanings
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.”
Related words
- nonsacrificial
- presacrificial
- sacrificialism
- sacrificiality
- sacrificialness
- unsacrificial
- sacrificially
- sacrificial lamb
- sacrificial poet
- sacrificial anode
- sacrificial hyperconjugation
Word history
From Latin "sacrificiālis".
Where this comes from
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