Immolation Definitions

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

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