Meanings
alternative obsolete sacrifical
- not comparableRelating to sacrifice.
The old sacrificial well is still there, but animals aren't thrown into it to appease monsters anymore.
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Rabban Yoḥanan could have succumbed to despair like many at that time. Instead, he looked for alternatives to the sacrificial system, because he understood that it would take a long time to rebuild the Temple and the Jewish people needed other ways to worship God.
2024, David Golinkin, “Comfort, Oh Comfort My People”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page x - not comparableUsed as a sacrifice.
The ceremony involves the ritual slaying of a sacrificial lamb.
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The sacrificial coating protects the hull, but because it takes the damage the hull doesn't, we must replace it annually.
Origin
- Latinsacrificiālis“sacrificial”
- Englishsacrificial
Borrowed from Latin sacrificiālis (“sacrificial”), from sacrificium (“sacrifice”), from sacrificus (“sacrificial”), from sacrificō (“sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”) + faciō (“do, make”). By surface analysis, sacrifice + -ial.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَضْحِيَة, أُضْحِيَّة
- تَضْحِيَة (taḍḥiya)relating to sacrifice
- أُضْحِيَّة (ʔuḍḥiyya)relating to sacrifice
- أَضَاحِيّ pl ذَبِيحَة (ʔaḍāḥiyy)relating to sacrifice
- قُرْبَانِيّ (qurbāniyy)relating to sacrifice
- مُضَحٍّ (muḍaḥḥin)used as a sacrifice
Bulgarian жертвен
- жертвен (žertven)relating to sacrifice
Catalan sacrificial
- sacrificialrelating to sacrifice
Dutch offer-
- offer-relating to sacrifice
Finnish uhri-, uhri-
- uhri-relating to sacrifice
- uhri-used as a sacrifice
French sacrificiel
- sacrificielrelating to sacrifice
German Opfer-, Opfer-
- Opfer-relating to sacrifice
- Opfer-used as a sacrifice
Italian sacrificale
- sacrificalerelating to sacrifice
Portuguese sacrificial
- sacrificialrelating to sacrifice
Romanian sacrifical
- sacrificalrelating to sacrifice
Russian же́ртвенный, же́ртвенный
- же́ртвенный (žértvennyj)relating to sacrifice
- же́ртвенный (žértvennyj)used as a sacrifice
Spanish sacrificial
- sacrificialrelating to sacrifice
Swedish offer-
- offer-relating to sacrifice
Turkish kurbanlık
- kurbanlıkused as a sacrifice
Ukrainian жерто́вний
- жерто́вний (žertóvnyj)relating to sacrifice
Welsh aberthol
- abertholrelating to sacrifice
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sacrificial
Cite this entry
sacrificial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sacrificial
“sacrificial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sacrificial. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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