"human sacrifice" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: human sacrifices [plural]
Etymology: 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), människooffer [neuter] (Swedish), నరబలి (narabali) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-human_sacrifice-en-noun-4o2RfI2p Disambiguation of Religion: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 76 24 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'the ritual killing of a person': 56 44
  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: 35 65

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