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kuchinja — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • sacrifice verb To offer something, historically an animal, person, or object, to a deity as an act of worship.

Senses

kuchinja is used for these senses in English:

  • sacrifice (transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity

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.