Sacrifice

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There are a number of different definitions

  1. an act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to God or to a divine or supernatural figure.
  2. an animal, person, or object offered in a sacrifice.

synonyms: (votive) offering, burnt offering, gift, oblation "the calf was a sacrifice"

  1. an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy.
  • "we must all be prepared to make sacrifices"
  • synonyms: surrender, giving up, abandonment, renunciation, forfeiture, relinquishment, resignation, abdication
  • "joining a federation may result in the sacrifice of sovereignty"


verb

verb: sacrifice; 3rd person present: sacrifices; past tense: sacrificed; past participle: sacrificed; gerund or present participle: sacrificing

  1. offer or kill as a religious sacrifice.
  2. give up (something important or valued) for the sake of other considerations.

Sacrifice
Altars
Stones | Clay and Stone | Stones upon |
White stones‎ | Lively Stones of a Living Altar |
Sophistry | Leaven | Breeches | Stoning | Altars |
Church legally defined | Sacrifice of fools
Graven images | Red Heifer | Reserve fund
Corban | Tithing In Conscience | Self-Sacrifice |
Pure Religion | Legal charity | Public religion |
Worship | Welfare | Welfare types | Daily ministration
Christian conflict | Benefactors | Feasts |
Good Samaritan | Thy first love | Born again | New creature
Celebrate | Temples |
Modern Christians | The Blessed Strategy
Power To Change | Peine forte et dure |
Tithing | Offering | Korban
Korab | Minchah
Necek | Nedabah
Shelem | Tenuwphah
Teruwmah
Charity | Freewill offerings | Corban
Religion | Pure Religion | Golden rule |
Altars | Tens | Network | Pentecost
Perspective | One purse | Temptations |
Tithe | Tithing | Tithing In Conscience | Tithingman |
Tribute | Taxation | Treasury | Corban |
Charitable Practices | Covetous Practices |
Fervent Charity | Gleaners | FEMA | Lady Godiva |