adj

sacrificial

SAK-rih-fihsh-uhl

adj

Relating to or used in a sacrifice.

"The sacrificial altar stood at the center of the temple."

Offered up or given up as a sacrifice.

"He was treated as a sacrificial pawn in the corporate reshuffle."

How to Use Sacrificial

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishRelating to a sacrifice, or being the thing sacrificed.

Common pairings

sacrificial lamb sacrificial altar sacrificial victim

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The _____ altar stood at the center of the temple.

From Latin sacrificialis, from sacrificium ("sacrifice").

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