"sacrifice" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

Forms: sacrifices [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French sacrifise, sacrifice. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|bor|fro>sacrifise>sacrifice|id=offering}}, {{bor+|enm|fro|sacrifise|alt=sacrifise, sacrifice}} Borrowed from Old French sacrifise, sacrifice Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} sacrifice, {{enm-noun|pl=sacrifices}} sacrifice (plural sacrifices)
  1. a sacrifice:
    the act of offering a slain animal or goods to a deity (often by burning)
    Sense id: en-sacrifice-enm-noun-mwbhwKAc
  2. a sacrifice:
    a sacrificial offering; the victim or thing offered in sacrifice
    Sense id: en-sacrifice-enm-noun-kGVq1Ypk Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sacrifise, sacrefise, sacrafyse, sacrafyce, sakerfyse, sacryfyce, sacryffyce

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