victima — meaning in English

English meaning

• sacrifice verb To offer something, historically an animal, person, or object, to a deity as an act of worship.
• victim noun A person who is harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, disease, or other misfortune.

Senses

victima is used for these senses in English:

• 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.
• victim A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.

sacrifice — full definition

1. verb To offer something, historically an animal, person, or object, to a deity as an act of worship.
2. verb To give up something valuable for the sake of something considered more important.
3. noun The act of giving up something valuable for a greater cause, or the thing given up.

victim — full definition

1. noun A person who is harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, disease, or other misfortune.
2. noun A living creature that is sacrificed, especially in a religious ritual.

Related Latin words