uhraus — meaning in English
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English meaning
- immolation noun The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated.
- offering noun Something given, presented, or put up for consideration, especially as a gift, contribution, or for sale.
- sacrifice verb To offer something, historically an animal, person, or object, to a deity as an act of worship.
Senses
uhraus is used for these senses in English:
- immolation The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed.
- offering An oblation or presentation made as a religious act.
- sacrifice Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
- sacrifice A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
immolation — full definition
- noun The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated.
- noun That which is immolated; a sacrifice.
- noun The act of maliciously burning a person.