Sacrifice

Sacrifice (from a Middle {{ll|English}} verb meaning 'to make sacred', from Old {{ll|French}}, from Latin sacrificium : sacer, sacred; sacred + facere, to make) is commonly known as the practice of offering food, or the lives of animals or people to the gods, as an act of propitiation or worship. The term is also used metaphorically to describe selfless good deeds for others.

Related Topics:
Latin - Gods - Propitiation - Worship - Metaphor

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