human sacrifice
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
human sacrifice (countable and uncountable, plural human sacrifices)
- The killing of one or more human beings as part of a religious ritual.
- A human being killed in this way.
Translations[edit]
the ritual killing of a person
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Further reading[edit]
- human sacrifice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References[edit]
- “human sacrifice”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.