sacrificedadj.

?1504 M. Beaufort tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iv. i. 261 All cristen people..kysses the sacryfyced bones [L. sacra ossa] of sayntes, wrapped in clothes of Sylke and Golde.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxvii. 177 What merit force or vertue soeuer there is in his sacrificed body & bloud.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §400 It is reported by one of the Ancients, of credit, that a Sacrificed Beast hath lowed, after the Heart hath been severed.

1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 758 This Address is performed by the presenting his Sacrificed body to the Father in Heaven.

1742 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Antiq. Rome xxxiv, in tr. A. Palladio Architecture (ed. 3) II. 77 The Entrails of sacrificed Beasts.

1768 S. Bentley River Dove 14 Still yearly, to popular Rage, A sacrific'd Bull is the Sport.

1884 M. Arnold in Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Dec. 6/2 Those classes which, in comparison with the great possessing and trading classes—who may be called the fortunate classes—may be called the sacrificed classes.

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.