Sacrifice \Sac"ri*fice\ (?; 277), n. [OE. sacrifise, sacrifice,
   F. sacrifice, fr. L. sacrificium; sacer sacred + facere to
   make. See Sacred, and Fact.]
   1. The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory
      rite.
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            Great pomp, and sacrifice, and praises loud,
            To Dagon.                             --Milton.
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   2. Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity;
      an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon
      an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious
      thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation.
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            Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood
            Of human sacrifice.                   --Milton.
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            My life, if thou preserv'st my life,
            Thy sacrifice shall be.               --Addison.
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   3. Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of
      something else; devotion of some desirable object in
      behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more
      pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up;
      as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure
      to interest.
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   4. A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
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   Burnt sacrifice. See Burnt offering, under Burnt.

   Sacrifice hit (Baseball), in batting, a hit of such a kind
      that the batter loses his chance of tallying, but enables
      one or more who are on bases to get home or gain a base.
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Burnt \Burnt\, p. p. & a.
   Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with
   fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.
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   Burnt ear, a black, powdery fungus which destroys grain.
      See Smut.

   Burnt offering, something offered and burnt on an altar, as
      an atonement for sin; a sacrifice. The offerings of the
      Jews were a clean animal, as an ox, a calf, a goat, or a
      sheep; or some vegetable substance, as bread, or ears of
      wheat or barley. Called also burnt sacrifice. --[2 Sam.
      xxiv. 22.]
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