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mactation|mækˈteɪʃən|
[ad. L. mactātiōn-em, f. mactāre to slay.]
The action of killing, esp. the slaughtering of a sacrificial victim.
1640Sir E. Dering Prop. Sacr. (1644) 57 He..neither sacrificed by mactation or killing of beasts. 1711Hickes Treat. Christ. Priesth. (1847) II. 111 To sacrifice or offer animals by slaughter, or mactation. 1838M. Russell Hist. Egypt vi. (1853) 192 The deity before whom the mactation is about to be performed. 1888Ch. Times 24 Aug. 720 The view gained ground that each Mass is a separate mactation. |