单词 | mactation |
释义 | mactationn. Now rare. The action of killing, esp. the slaughtering of a sacrificial victim; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > [noun] ofleteeOE almousOE houselOE yieldOE lakeOE offeringOE offeranda1225 sacrificea1300 hosta1340 sacrifyingc1374 mannaa1382 incense1382 oblationc1425 hostie1483 obleya1500 sacrificy?c1510 immolation1534 offerture1537 offrage1548 mactation1563 offertory1596 sacrificing1601 litation1623 elibation1656 sacrification1694 sacrificature1779 1563 G. Hay Confut. Abbote of Crosraguels Masse f. 60v The Lambe of God..of whose mactation Isayas fore prophecieth. 1644 E. Dering Disc. Proper Sacrifice xii. 57 He..neither sacrificed by mactation or killing of beasts. 1711 G. Hickes Two Treat. (ed. 3) i. ii. 109 To Sacrifice, or offer Animals by slaughter, or mactation. 1838 M. Russell Hist. Egypt (1853) vi. 192 The deity before whom the mactation is about to be performed. 1888 Church Times 24 Aug. 720 The view gained ground that each Mass is a separate mactation. 1931 T. S. Eliot Coll. Poems 1909–35 (1936) 138 If the mactations, immolations, oblations, impetrations, Are now observed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1563 |
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