sacrificen.
/ˈsakrɪfʌɪs/ 1. † b. A slaying as for a sacrifice. Obsolete. rare.
a. Primarily, the slaughter of an animal (often including the subsequent consumption of it by fire) as an offering to God or a deity. Hence, in wider sense, the surrender to God or a deity, for the purpose of propitiation or homage, of some object of possession. Also applied figuratively to the offering of prayer, thanksgiving, penitence, submission, or the like. Phrases, †to do, make sacrifice; also, †to put in sacrifice, to devote as a sacrificial victim.In the primary use, a ‘sacrifice’ implies an ‘altar’ on which the victim is placed. Hence the figurative uses are often associated with references to a metaphorical altar.
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society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > [noun]
ofleteeOE
almousOE
houselOE
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lakeOE
offeringOE
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oblationc1425
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obleya1500
sacrificy?c1510
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mactation1563
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litation1623
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sacrificature1779
society > faith > worship > prayer > [noun] > action of or offering of
bidding of prayersc1175
orison?c1250
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prayerc1300
beads biddinga1325
sacrificec1595
presentation1597
pray1654
davening1947
a1300 Cursor Mundi 1064 And for his offrand was Rightwys, Godd tok to quen [read queme] his sacrifijs.
c1300 St. Margarete 92 And wende to his false godes, to do sacrifise.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 187 Þer byeþ manie men..makeþ sacrefices naȝt to god.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 250 He let do make a riche feste With a sollempne Sacrifise In Phebus temple.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3142 Bot now es he asked,..Til godd til make of sacrifise.
a1450 J. Myrc Festial 205 Then sawe Maudelen mony pepyll comyng towart þe tempyll and þe lorde of þat contre, forto haue don ofryng and sacrefise to hor mawmetys.
?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 151v By this edicte..many estrangers nobles and other were putte in sacrefice and had their blood shedde in egipte.
a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxxv Ye sayd women called & entyced the iewes to theyr sacrifices.
c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 42 Wee did dailie aborde make sacrifice to God, in great devotion calling upon Him in hartie prayer for them.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant iii. 65 Their Sacrifices are never bloody.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Divines divide Sacrifices into Bloody, such as those of the Old Law; and Bloodless, such as those of the New Law.
1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 181 An altar for sacrifices to the immortal gods.
1876 J. P. Norris Rudim. Theol. ii. i. 147 Sin cannot be undone without Suffering; and we find Sacrifice instituted to give continual expression to it.
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society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > [noun] > a slaying as for
sacrifice1585
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xxi. 27 b A cruel sacryfice vppon the person of Iohn Chabas.
2. That which is offered in sacrifice; a victim immolated on the altar; anything (material or immaterial) offered to God or a deity as an act of propitiation or homage.
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society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > [noun] > one who or that which undergoes
offeringOE
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sacrificec1250
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oblation1561
human sacrifice1569
anathema1573
victimate1583
immolation1586
deodatea1600
vict1639
anatheme1655
c1250 Kent. Serm. in Old Eng. Misc. 27 Stor þet me offrede wylem be þo ialde laghe to here godes sacrefise.
a1325 Prose Psalter l. 18 [li. 17] Trubled gost is sacrifice to God.
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 517 Þere sacrifises shulden not be ȝoven to him, but taken fro him,..and anoþer trewe man..shulde be ordeyned to resceyve siche sacrifices.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 507 Noe..heuened vp an auter & halȝed hit fayre, & sette a sakerfyse þer-on of vch a ser kynde.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 31 Tribulacioun js worthe sacrifice.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12137 My maydynhed I merk to myghtifull goddis: Accepte hit as sacrifise, & my saule to!
1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido iv. ii Come seruants, come bring forth the Sacrifize, That I may pacifie that gloomy Ioue, Whose emptie Altars haue enlarg'd our illes.
1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xi. 46 Before any saile departed from the shore, he slue sacrifices, making his prayer for victory by battell.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. i. 78 Make of your Prayers one sweet Sacrifice . View more context for this quotation
1678 J. Dryden All for Love i. 6 Does the mute Sacrifice upbraid the Priest?
1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes ii. 81 The Skins of the Sacrifices..were to be given to the Priests.
1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca iii. iv. 213 Only the larger sacrifices, as oxen, were thus adorned.
a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 556/1 Those daily sacrifices which each man brought to the door of the tabernacle.
3. Theology.
a. The offering by Christ of Himself to the Father as a propitiatory victim in his voluntary immolation upon the cross; the Crucifixion in its sacrificial character.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [noun] > crucifixion
throwingeOE
rood-pinec1175
passionc1200
crossc1380
sacrificea1450
the Crucifixion1649
a1450 J. Myrc Festial 261 For a calfe þat was offerd yn sacurfyce yn þe old law for synne, yn tokenyng þat Cryst schuld come, þat schuld be offurt yn sacryfyce for synne of þe pepull yn þe auter of þe crosse.
c1480 (a1400) Prol. Evangelists 71 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 238 Þe sacrifice þat he mad for man one þe rud-tre.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxiiiv Ther be in al .ii. sacrifices of christ, the one, blody vpon the crosse, thother, wherin..he him self offred vp vnto his father, his body & blud.
1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 1134 In consideration of Christs Death and Sacrifice he would freely forgive all penitent and believing sinners their personal obligation to eternal punishment.
a1769 R. Riccaltoun Notes Galatians in Wks. (1772) III. 127 A Sacrifice there was, and still is, the way God in his wisdom chose to condemn and put away sin and by which the pardon of sin was conveyed.
1825 J. Montgomery Christian Psalmist v. 392 Mark that miracle of Time,—God's own sacrifice complete.
1861 W. Thomson Aids to Faith viii. 337 The sacrifice of the death of Christ is a proof of Divine love, and of Divine justice.
b. Applied to the Eucharistic celebration: (a) in accordance with the view that regards it as a propitiatory offering of the body and blood of Christ, in perpetuation of the sacrifice offered by Him in His crucifixion; (b) in Protestant use, with reference to its character as an offering of thanksgiving (cf. sense 1).
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > [noun]
massOE
servicelOE
sacrament?c1225
table1340
commoningc1384
the Lord's Supperc1384
Eucharista1400
oblation?a1425
communion1440
sacrifice?1504
Lord's Table1533
Maundy1533
the Supper?1548
unbloody sacrifice1548
mystery1549
communication1550
banquet1563
liturgy1564
table service1593
synaxis1625
mysteriousness1650
second service1655
nagmaal1833
ordinance1854
table prayer1858
?1504 M. Beaufort tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iv. i. 262 For if the sacryfyce of this holy sacrament were done onely but in one place and but of one preest in all the worlde, with howe great desyre wene ye the people wolde go to that plase and to that preest to here the godly mysteryes done of hym.
1548 N. Ridley Answer Queries touching Mass in Wks. (1841) (modernized text) 317 The representation and commemoration of Christ's death and passion, said and done in the mass, is called the sacrifice, oblation or immolation of Christ.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xliiij He exhorteth ye people to flee from the accustomed sacrifices of the masse.
1704 R. Nelson Compan. Festivals & Fasts ii. ix. 470 The Christian Sacrifice, wherein Bread and Wine are offered to God.
1884 Catholic Dict. (1897) 814/1 In the sacrifice of the Mass, ‘the immutatio’, as the Fathers technically call the sacrificial act, is not the destruction but the production of the victim.
1899 B. J. Kidd 39 Articles (1901) II. ii. xxxi. 245 Nor does it (Art. xxxi. §2) condemn the sacrifice of the Mass but the sacrifices of Masses.
1901 C. Gore Body of Christ iii. 201 Only by communion can we in any effective sense share the eucharistic sacrifice.
c. sacrifice of praise (and thanksgiving): a phrase drawn from biblical sources (e.g. Leviticus vii. 12, Psalm l. 14, 23 (Revised Version, etc.), Hebrews xiii. 15) used gen. for an offering of praise to God, and liturgically in the anaphora of many post-Reformation Eucharistic rites, tr. sacrificium laudis of the Latin Canon of the Mass.
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society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [noun] > in thanksgiving
peace offering1530
thank-offering1530
sacrifice of praise (and thanksgiving)1535
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Heb. xiii. C Let vs therfore by him offre allwayes vnto God the sacrifice of prayse.
1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxviiiv Entierely desiryng thy fatherly goodnes, mercifully to accepte this our Sacrifice of praise and thankes geuing.
1611 Bible (King James) Jer. xvii. 26 Bringing sacrifices of praise vnto the house of the Lord. View more context for this quotation
1864 F. Pierpoint in O. Shipley Lyra Eucharistica (ed. 2) vi. 342 Christ, our God, to Thee we raise This our Sacrifice of Praise.
1872 H. Varley (title) The Sacrifice of Praise: Hymns for Congregational Use and Gospel Meetings.
1877 E. Daniel Prayer-bk. 296 That sacrament in which we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving for the redemption of the world.
1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. 564/1 The Mass is a sacrifice of adoration, of praise and thanksgiving.
1980 Alternative Service Bk. 1980 132 Accept through him, our great high priest, this our sacrifice of thanks and praise.
4.
a. The destruction or surrender of something valued or desired for the sake of something having, or regarded as having, a higher or a more pressing claim; the loss entailed by devotion to some other interest; also, the thing so devoted or surrendered. Cf. self-sacrifice n.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > [noun] > sacrifice for sake of higher claim
sacrifice1597
sacrificing1601
immolationc1690
the mind > possession > relinquishing > [noun] > sacrifice for sake of higher claim > that which is sacrificed
sacrifice1597
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. iii. 303 As rich shall Romeo by his Lady lie, Poore Sacrifices to our Enmitie. View more context for this quotation
1601 Let. 2 Nov. in F. Moryson Itinerary (1617) ii. ii. ii. 151 The liuely affections you beare to her person (for which you desire to bee made a Sacrifice).
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxviii. 166 The benefit which a Soveraign bestoweth on a Subject, for fear of some power..are not properly Rewards..but are rather Sacrifices, which the Soveraign..makes.
1747 T. Gray Ode Eton Coll. 7 To bitter Scorn a Sacrifice.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 86 An eager sacrifice of means to an end.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. x. 647 Clarendon saw that he was not likely to gain anything by the sacrifice of his principles.
1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1877) II. x. 474 One more ecclesiastical appointment must, at some slight sacrifice of chronological order, be recorded.
b. A victim; one sacrificed to the will of another; also, a person or thing that falls into the power of an enemy or a destructive agency. Now rare.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > [noun] > one who obeys
obedienta1500
obeyer1549
sacrifice1697
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > attack by some hostile or injurious agency > one who falls into power of hostile agent
preya1250
sacrifice1697
victim1718
the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > tribulation, trouble, or affliction > wretched person > a victim or one sacrificed for any reason
oblation1594
sacrifice1697
victim1718
prospect1931
1697 tr. Countess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 60 They are caused to make Vows, when 'tis often the Father or Mother, or some near Relation, who pronounce them for them, whilst the little Sacrifice disports herself with Sugar-plums, and lets them dress her how they will.
1732 D. Neal Hist. Puritans I. 25 The two greatest sacrifices were John Fisher bishop of Rochester, and Sir Thomas More.
1779 Mirror No. 1 (1787) I. 5 I was prevented from falling a sacrifice to that languid inactivity which a depression of spirits never fails to produce.
1821 John Bull 15 Apr. 143/3 The organ fell a sacrifice to the devouring element.
1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 95 On one occasion an acquaintance had..nearly fallen a sacrifice to one of these animals.
5.
a. A loss incurred in selling something below its value for the sake of getting rid of it. Hence, an article sold ‘at a sacrifice’.
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society > trade and finance > selling > [noun] > offering for sale > fact of being offered at low price > specific at a loss
sacrifice1845
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > financial loss > [noun] > arising from selling below true value
sacrifice1845
society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > a purchase > a bargain
good cheapc1375
great cheapc1375
Robin Hood bargain1709
rug1746
bargain1766
best buy1879
snip1926
steal1942
bargoon1964
sacrifice1976
1845 C. Dickens Chimes ii. 53 Its patterns were Last Year's and going at a sacrifice.
1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxii. 216 He bought a green shawl for Mrs. Bolton, and a yellow one for Fanny: the most brilliant ‘sacrifices’ of a Regent-street haberdasher's window.
1915 Truth 30 June 1068/1 Being convinced that his ‘trade sacrifice’ will result in increased business.
1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 5 July 9- c/8 (advt.) Yaesu FT101 base, desk mike, antenna & tripod. Sacrifice.
1976 Evening Advertiser (Swindon) 31 Dec. 17/2 (advt.) Bargain: 1971 Ford Escort 1100..genuine sacrifice, £380 only.
b. Baseball. = sacrifice hit n. at Compounds 2.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > batting > types of hit
skyscraper1842
single1851
grass trimmer1867
safe hit1867
roller1871
sacrifice1880
triple1880
two-bagger1880
sacrifice hit1881
pop-up1882
pop fly1884
fungo1887
bunt1889
safety1895
bunting1896
drive1896
hit and run1899
pinch hit1905
Texas leaguer1905
squeeze1908
hopper1914
scratch hit1917
squib1929
line-drive1931
nubber1937
lay-in1951
squeeze bunt1952
comebacker1954
moon shot1961
gapper1970
sacrifice fly1970
sacrifice bunt1974
1880 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 29 June 8/3 Force's winning run came off a wild throw by Ward, a sacrifice and single.
1904 R. H. Barbour Bk. School & College Sports 173 When the batsman is looking for a sacrifice keep the ball high.
1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch xii. 261 Snodgrass got a base on balls and journeyed to second on a sacrifice.
1968 Washington Post 4 July c2/8 Willie McCovey threw wildly trying to force the Atlanta pitcher at second on a sacrifice.
1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 6 July 3- c/1 Rookie Butch Hobson drove in three runs with a sacrifice and a single.
c. Chess. The action of sacrifice v. 3e.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > strategy > specific strategies or tactics
unpinning1607
defence1614
fork1656
attack1733
backgame1750
castling1813
exchange1823
pin1868
fringe-variation1898
fidation1910
sacrifice1915
unpin1922
pawn storm1926
Siesta variation1935
liquidation1965
sac1965
1915 J. Du Mont tr. E. Lasker Chess Strategy iv. 25 White..prefers to end up with a magnificent sacrifice.
1933 H. Phillips Week-end Probl. Bk. 310 The key-move..offers double sacrifice with a cross-check.
1952 E. Lasker Chess Secrets 122 With this Bishop sacrifice Janowski tears down his opponent's defenses.
1977 Guardian Weekly 25 Dec. 23/5 Black took 80 minutes to decide to accept this strong pawn sacrifice.
d. Bridge. = sacrifice bid n.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > actions or tactics > call > bidding
flag-flying1889
redoubling1899
auction1908
overbidding1912
pre-emption1924
save1927
raising1929
cue-bidding1932
sacrifice bid1932
sign-off1932
sign-off bid1932
protection1952
sacrifice1952
sacrifice bidding1959
1952 Bridge Mag. Apr. 39/2 Five clubs is only two down, a good sacrifice against five spades.
1964 R. L. Frey & A. F. Truscott Official Encycl. Bridge 480/1 One will earn a fat score with one's sacrifice only when most of the field is bidding game with his opponents' cards.
1974 Country Life 17 Jan. 98/3 Four Spades is a make, but Five Clubs is the safer sacrifice.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
sacrifice bringer n.
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1923 D. H. Lawrence Birds, Beasts & Flowers (London ed.) 149 And you, great bird... Can be put out of office as sacrifice bringer.
sacrifice-maker n.
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?1548 tr. P. Viret Verie Familiare Expos. Art. Christian Faieth sig. Eiv He is the true..prophete and the Soueraygne sacrifice maker, whyche was figured by the kynges, and prophetes of Israell.
sacrifice sale n.
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1902 G. H. Lorimer Lett. Merchant x. 129 It was the record-breaking, marked-down sacrifice sale of the year on dogs.
C2.
sacrifice allowance n. (see quot.).
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > payments made by trade unions
strike paya1878
sacrifice allowance1891
dispute benefit1892
1891 Labour Commission Gloss. Sacrifice Allowance, a weekly sum paid by workmen's unions to those men who are discharged from work because they take an active part in their organisation or are too weak to make the average. These latter are called sacrificed men.
sacrifice bid n. Bridge a bid higher than the contract that one expects to be able to fulfil, in order to prevent opponents from making a score greater than the penalty one is likely to suffer.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > actions or tactics > call > bidding
flag-flying1889
redoubling1899
auction1908
overbidding1912
pre-emption1924
save1927
raising1929
cue-bidding1932
sacrifice bid1932
sign-off1932
sign-off bid1932
protection1952
sacrifice1952
sacrifice bidding1959
1932 H. Phillips One Hundred Contract Bridge Hands 115 This is a good example of a ‘sacrifice bid’... South now bids Four Hearts as probably a cheaper ‘sacrifice’ (even if doubled) than that of the game.
sacrifice bidding n. Bridge (see sacrifice bid n.).
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > actions or tactics > call > bidding
flag-flying1889
redoubling1899
auction1908
overbidding1912
pre-emption1924
save1927
raising1929
cue-bidding1932
sacrifice bid1932
sign-off1932
sign-off bid1932
protection1952
sacrifice1952
sacrifice bidding1959
1959 Listener 13 Aug. 262/1 The hidden value of a part score has a bearing also on sacrifice bidding at the game level.
1964 R. L. Frey & A. F. Truscott Official Encycl. Bridge 481/1 A hidden advantage of sacrifice bidding is the chance that the opponents will be pushed one higher and will go down.
sacrifice bunt n. Baseball a bunt that puts the batter out whilst allowing a base runner to advance.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > batting > types of hit
skyscraper1842
single1851
grass trimmer1867
safe hit1867
roller1871
sacrifice1880
triple1880
two-bagger1880
sacrifice hit1881
pop-up1882
pop fly1884
fungo1887
bunt1889
safety1895
bunting1896
drive1896
hit and run1899
pinch hit1905
Texas leaguer1905
squeeze1908
hopper1914
scratch hit1917
squib1929
line-drive1931
nubber1937
lay-in1951
squeeze bunt1952
comebacker1954
moon shot1961
gapper1970
sacrifice fly1970
sacrifice bunt1974
1974 Anderson (S. Carolina) Independent 24 Apr. 5 b/2 Jack Brohamer..moved to second on Buddy Bell's sacrifice bunt.
sacrifice fly n. Baseball an outfield fly that is caught so that the batter is put out but which allows a base runner to advance after the ball is caught.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > batting > types of hit
skyscraper1842
single1851
grass trimmer1867
safe hit1867
roller1871
sacrifice1880
triple1880
two-bagger1880
sacrifice hit1881
pop-up1882
pop fly1884
fungo1887
bunt1889
safety1895
bunting1896
drive1896
hit and run1899
pinch hit1905
Texas leaguer1905
squeeze1908
hopper1914
scratch hit1917
squib1929
line-drive1931
nubber1937
lay-in1951
squeeze bunt1952
comebacker1954
moon shot1961
gapper1970
sacrifice fly1970
sacrifice bunt1974
1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. 31/1 Roger Freed's sacrifice fly..helped Baltimore stretch its lead to 4-1 in the fifth.
1979 Arizona Daily Star 22 July c5/5 Butch Wynegar also drove in a run in the sixth with a sacrifice fly to help Goltz raise his record to 9-6.
sacrifice hit n. Baseball (see quot. 1881).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > batting > types of hit
skyscraper1842
single1851
grass trimmer1867
safe hit1867
roller1871
sacrifice1880
triple1880
two-bagger1880
sacrifice hit1881
pop-up1882
pop fly1884
fungo1887
bunt1889
safety1895
bunting1896
drive1896
hit and run1899
pinch hit1905
Texas leaguer1905
squeeze1908
hopper1914
scratch hit1917
squib1929
line-drive1931
nubber1937
lay-in1951
squeeze bunt1952
comebacker1954
moon shot1961
gapper1970
sacrifice fly1970
sacrifice bunt1974
1881 N.Y. Herald 21 July 8/3 The Metropolitans scored another run on two pretty singles, a passed ball and a sacrifice hit.
1896 R. G. Knowles & M. Morton Baseball Gloss. Sacrifice-hit.—When the batsman purposely makes a hit upon which he is retired, but which advances a base-runner.
sacrifice market n. a market in which goods are sold below cost price, a ‘dumping ground’.
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society > trade and finance > trading conditions > [noun] > supply and demand or market > state of the market > specific state of market
good cheapc1325
great cheapc1375
bust1842
softness1872
boom1875
sacrifice market1888
buyers' market1926
seller's market1934
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Jan. 2/1 Americans..would make this a sacrifice-market at first, simply to kill all our manufacturers.
sacrifice meat n. meat eaten at a feast following the offering of a sacrifice to a deity.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > [noun] > meat > other types of meat
gross meatc1460
fish1607
crimp-meat1656
small meata1662
second hand1694
slink1736
soup-meat1841
box meat1856
sacrifice meat1926
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1926 D. H. Lawrence David iv. 24 They be all there, waiting for the sacrifice meat.
sacrifice-offerer n. one who immolates himself (said of Christ).
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Son or Christ > [noun] > as sacrifice or victim
blood of Christc1384
ransoma1400
crucifix14..
satisfaction1542
sacrifice-offerera1560
Man of Sorrows1577
host1653
victim1736
a1560 T. Becon Christian Knight in Wks. II. 153 Our mediatour, our satissfyer or sacrifyce offecer [? read offerer].
sacrifice price n. a price entailing loss on the seller.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > low price or rate > [noun] > very low price
rubbish price1876
sacrifice price1888
slaughter price1893
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 June 11/2 A ‘clearance sale’, in fact, at ‘sacrifice prices’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
sacrificev.
/ˈsakrɪfʌɪs/ 1. † b. nonce-uses. To slay or burn in the manner of a sacrifice; to burn in a sacrifice.
a. transitive. To offer as a sacrifice; to make an offering or sacrifice of. Const. to.
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society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > sacrifice [verb (transitive)]
offereOE
teemc1275
sacrea1325
sacrify1390
sacrificea1400
presentc1425
exhibit1490
immolate1548
immole1610
shrine?1611
victim1671
victimize1853
oblate1872
the world > life > death > killing > killing for specific reason > kill for specific reason [verb (transitive)] > sacrifice
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3262 For quas luue he wild not warn To sacrifise his auen barn.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 3201 Þe sheep he sacrifised & brent.
?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 153v The egypciens cryed vnto hercules sacrefice sacrefice hym, whan hercules cam in to the temple he sacrefised hym.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. xi. f. 158 When hee had fyrst sacrifyced them to his Zemes.
a1631 J. Donne Paradoxes (1652) sig. D10v Though he sacrifize Hecatombs.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. viii. 246 The Picture of..Abraham sacrificing his son. View more context for this quotation
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xvii. 485 If they sacrifice their Enemies it is not necessary they should eat them too.
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues IV. 85 There are nations in which mankind still sacrifice one another.
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society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > sacrifice [verb (transitive)] > slay in manner of sacrifice
sacrifice1603
1603 H. Dockwra Let. in F. Moryson Itinerary (1617) ii. iii. i. 258 I..tooke Ocanes brother prisoner..(whom I sacrificed in the place), and so passed by.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 39 They sacrifice him [sc. a dead man] to ashes, in costly perfumes.
2.
a. intransitive. To offer up a sacrifice.
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society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > sacrifice [verb (intransitive)]
offereOE
sacrificec1290
sacrifya1325
immolate1628
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 69/43 Anoure ore godes, ich rede, a-non and heom sacrefise.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xii. 118 Saul, for he sacrifised, sorwe hym be-tydde.
a1400–50 Alexander 1082 Þare lengis him lefe þe kynge & logis all a neuen, And sacrifyce þar efsones to many sere godis.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. x I..toke on me for to sacryfyce and to synge before the goddes.
1628 J. Hume Jewes Deliv. i. 10 They were wont to immolate and sacrifice vnto their heathenish Gods.
1785 W. Cowper Task i. 411 An idol, at whose shrine Who oft'nest sacrifice are favour'd least.
1818 P. B. Shelley tr. Homer To Castor & Pollux 13 The sailors..sacrifice with snow-white lambs.
b. Ecclesiastical. To celebrate the Eucharist.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > mass > celebrate mass [verb (intransitive)]
massOE
celebrate1453
celeber1477
missificate1641
sacrifice1661
massifya1729
preside1841
1661 tr. Erasmus Life Colet in tr. J. Colet Serm. Conform. & Reform. 74 Whereas it is the custome in England for Priests to consecrate the host, and receive it almost every day, he was content to sacrifice on Sundays and Holi-days, or some few days beside.
3.
a. transitive. To surrender or give up (something) for the attainment of some higher advantage or dearer object. Const. to.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > sacrifice for sake of higher claim
givea1240
immolate1634
sacrifice1706
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [verb (transitive)] > to person or thing > to outsider > for sake of desired object
sacrifice1706
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Sacrifice,..to quit or leave a Thing upon some Consideration.
1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 23 Sept. (1948) I. 28 Deuce take Lady S——; and if I know D——y, he is a rawboned-faced fellow..: she sacrifices two thousand pounds a year, and keeps only six hundred.
1720 J. Ozell et al. tr. R. A. de Vertot Hist. Revol. Rom. Republic I. v. 298 The first Obligation which a Roman lay under..was to sacrifice his Life in Defence of the Public Liberty.
1837 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. I. 416 Henry [VIII]..never was known to sacrifice an inclination to the interest or happiness of another.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 126 Everything seems to have been sacrificed to a false notion of equality.
1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight vii. 97 Generally, the only men who can be persuaded to wear protecting glasses are those who have already sacrificed one eye to their objections.
b. To permit injury or ruin to the interests of (a person) for the sake of some desired object. Also reflexive. Const. to.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict > permit injury for a purpose
sacrifice1751
the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > sacrifice for sake of higher claim > a person
sacrifice1751
the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (reflexive)] > permit injury for a purpose
sacrifice1870
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 145. ⁋13 Instead of sacrificing each other to malice and contempt.
1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. xviii. 49 Pericles..was charged with sacrificing the Samians to private feelings.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 222 Could it then be doubted that, if the Churchmen would even now comply with his wishes, he would willingly sacrifice the Puritans?
1870 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (1876) iv. 88 How will persons sacrifice themselves to their objects!
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xviii. 287 He is too much an artist to sacrifice himself to his clothes.
1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed vii. 126 It isn't got at by sacrificing other people,..you must sacrifice yourself.
c. To sell or get rid of at a sacrifice, esp. in commercial use. Also absol.
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society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > expose or offer for sale > at a lower price than > at sacrifice
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1850 Punch 18 130/2 A newspaper advertisement announces that ‘A Professional gentleman is instructed to sacrifice three young sound Horses at half their cost.’ We wonder what deity horses could be sacrificed to?
1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VI. i. 91/1 Sacrifice..to sell regardless of cost.
1930 San Antonio (Texas) Light 31 Jan. 14/7 (advt.) Owner Must Sacrifice Must sell at bargain.
1947 E. Hodgins Mr. Blandings builds his Dream House ii. 23 ‘Farm dwelling..original beams..will sacrifice’, The New York Times advertisement had said.
d. Baseball. (a) intransitive. To make a hit which advances another player, the batter being put out. (b) transitive. To advance (another player) in this way.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (intransitive)] > types of hit
bunt1889
fungo1889
fly1893
sacrifice1905
triple1908
pinch-hit1911
homer1912
single1916
squeeze bunt1952
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (transitive)] > actions of batter
pop1867
foul1870
poke1880
pole1882
bunch1883
line1887
to foul off1888
rip1896
sacrifice1905
pickle1906
to wait out1909
pull1912
single1916
pinch-hit1929
nub1948
tag1961
tomahawk1978
1905 Sporting Life (Philadelphia) 2 Sept. 4/1 Lumley's effort to sacrifice resulted in a short pop fly.
1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch ix. 202 Brown sacrificed, sending Kling to second.
1971 L. Koppett N.Y. Times Guide Spectator Sports i. 31 When a batter walks, is hit by a pitch, sacrifices (by bunting so that other runners advance even though he is out),..he is not charged with an official time at bat.
1974 News & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) 22 Apr. 9- a/3 Denny Doyle..was sacrificed to second.
1975 Verbatim Sept. 5/1 But Joe Ferguson did something much more drastic than that: He sacrificed Garvey home!
e. Chess. To put or leave (a man) in a position where it can be captured without equivalent loss by one's opponent, in order to gain a future advantage.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [verb (transitive)] > tactics
to shut up1474
to take upc1475
neck1597
catch1674
to discover check1688
attack1735
retreat1744
fork1745
pin1745
retake1750
guard1761
interpose1761
castle1764
retract1777
to take (a pawn) en passant1818
capture1820
decline1847
cook1851
undouble1868
unpin1878
counter1890
fidate1910
sacrifice1915
fianchetto1927
1915 J. Du Mont tr. E. Lasker Chess Strategy 224 White decides to sacrifice a Knight in order to open the files in the centre for his Rooks.
1952 E. Lasker Chess Secrets 54 White could sacrifice a piece for three Pawns.
1969 ‘A. Glyn’ Dragon Variation vii. 193 They'd both sacrifice every piece on the board. By the middle-game they'd just have the two Kings left.
1969 ‘A. Glyn’ Dragon Variation ix. 271 He tried to break the stranglehold by sacrificing first a Knight and then a Rook.
1974 Hartston & Keene Karpov–Korchnoi 1974 66 Korchnoi plucks up his courage and sacrifices his K-side in order to create a passed pawn of his own.
f. Bridge. intransitive. To make a sacrifice bid.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > play bridge [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics > bid > types of bid
overbid1887
double1894
redouble1894
to go back1900
pre-empt1913
rebid1914
S.O.S.1926
overcall1927
cue-bid1932
psych1932
to sign off1932
reverse1939
sacrifice1952
to pass out1959
stop1959
underbid1974
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1952 H. Phillips & J. T. Reese Bridge with Mr. Playbetter xiv. 59 He must take all possible measures to prevent Hurry sacrificing in Five Clubs.
1959 Listener 22 Jan. 189/2 Is it possible, under the Laws, to sacrifice at the level of Eight?
1962 Listener 13 Sept. 410/3 Over Four Hearts North could raise to six. No doubt, in that event, East-West would sacrifice in Six Spades.
1964 R. L. Frey & A. F. Truscott Official Encycl. Bridge 480/2 Be alert to sacrifice against confident auctions when it appears that everyone else will be in game too.
4. To kill (an experimental animal) for scientific purposes.
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the world > life > death > killing > killing of animals > kill animal [verb (transitive)] > for scientific purposes
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1903 Jrnl. Physiol. 29 83 The animal was sacrificed on the 315th day after the 1st lesion had been established.
1926 J. S. Huxley Ess. Pop. Sci. 282 When, after a couple of months, the dog was sacrificed, it was found..that the histological character of the cells had changed, cross-striations arising in them.
1944 Jrnl. Immunology 49 316 The animals were sacrificed by a blow on the head and the small intestine was immediately removed.
1971 Sci. Amer. July 55/1 In rats we destroyed the mitral cells in the olfactory bulb by surgical intervention and, after a survival time of from three to five days, sacrificed the animal to conduct a microscopic examination of the fibers leading from these cells.
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