"human sacrifice" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: human sacrifices [plural]
Etymology: From human + sacrifice. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|human|sacrifice}} human + sacrifice Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} human sacrifice (countable and uncountable, plural human sacrifices)
  1. The killing of one or more human beings as part of a religious ritual. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Religion Translations (the ritual killing of a person): ἀνθρωποθυσία (anthrōpothusía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), човешко жертвоприношение (čoveško žertvoprinošenie) (Bulgarian), 人祭 (jan⁴ zai³) (Chinese Cantonese), 人祭 (rénjì) (Chinese Mandarin), ανθρωποθυσία (anthropothysía) [feminine] (Greek), 人身御供 (hitomi gokū) (Japanese), raukakai (Maori), menneskeofring [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), menneskeofring [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sacrifício humano [masculine] (Portuguese), människooffer [neuter] (Swedish), నరబలి (narabali) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-human_sacrifice-en-noun-4o2RfI2p Disambiguation of Religion: 89 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Telugu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'the ritual killing of a person': 57 43
  2. A human being killed in this way. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-human_sacrifice-en-noun-nRaJ4xPW Disambiguation of Death: 4 96 Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 53 47

Inflected forms

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