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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brennifórn"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "žŕtva za bogóvite",
"sense": "slaughtered animal offered and burnt on an altar as an atonement for sin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "жр́тва за бого́вите"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "slaughtered animal offered and burnt on an altar as an atonement for sin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ofiara całopalna"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "slaughtered animal offered and burnt on an altar as an atonement for sin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "całopalenie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "slaughtered animal offered and burnt on an altar as an atonement for sin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "holocaust"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "slaughtered animal offered and burnt on an altar as an atonement for sin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "holokaust"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žértva vsesožžénija",
"sense": "slaughtered animal offered and burnt on an altar as an atonement for sin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "же́ртва всесожже́ния"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "óla",
"sense": "slaughtered animal offered and burnt on an altar as an atonement for sin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "о́ла"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any similar sacrifice to a deity or deities, or to an deceased person",
"word": "polttouhri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(humorous) overcooked food",
"word": "karrelle palanut ruoka"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"David",
"Samuel",
"Solomon",
"Vulgate"
],
"word": "burnt offering"
}
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