sacrificial

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. adjective used in or connected with a sacrifice

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrificiālis (“sacrificial”), from sacrificium (“sacrifice”), from sacrificus (“sacrificial”), from sacrificō (“sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”) + faciō (“do, make”). By surface analysis, sacrifice + -ial.

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