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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMMOLA'TION, n. The act of sacrificing.
1. A sacrifice offered.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: killing or offering as a sacrifice

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. the act of immolating ; the state of being immolated 2. something that is immolated

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Immolation Im`mo*la"tion, n. [L. immolatio: cf. F. immolation.] 1. The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed. --Sir. T. Browne. 2. That which is immolated; a sacrifice.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Sacrifice, sacrificing, act of sacrifice. 2. Sacrifice (offered).

Moby Thesaurus

bane, blood, bloodletting, bloodshed, braining, burnt offering, collection, dealing death, destruction, destruction of life, dispatch, drink offering, euthanasia, ex voto offering, execution, extermination, flow of blood, gore, heave offering, hecatomb, holocaust, human sacrifice, incense, infanticide, kill, killing, lapidation, libation, mactation, martyrdom, martyrization, mercy killing, oblation, offering, offertory, peace offering, piacular offering, poisoning, ritual killing, ritual murder, sacramental offering, sacrifice, scapegoat, self-immolation, self-sacrifice, shooting, slaughter, slaying, stoning, suttee, sutteeism, taking of life, thank offering, votive offering, whole offering





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