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==English==
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===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈsækɹɪfaɪs/|/-faɪz/|q2=archaic or poetic|a=RP}}<ref>{{cite-book|entry=sacrifice|editor=Ian Brookes|title=[[w:Chambers Dictionary|The Chambers Dictionary]]|edition=9th|location=Edinburgh|publisher=[[w:Chambers (publisher)|Chambers]]|year=2003|page=1331|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/chambersdictiona0000unse_x2v6/page/1331/mode/1up|column=1|isbn=978-0-550-10013-9}}.</ref>
* {{IPA|en|/ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/|a=GA}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-sacrifice.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{hyphenation|en|sac|ri|fice}}

===Etymology 1===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*seh₂k-|*dʰeh₁-}}
{{etymon|en|id=offering|inh|enm>sacrifice>offering|tree=1}}
From {{inh|en|enm|sacrifice|t=act of offering a life or object to a deity; the life or object so offered; (''Christianity'') act of consecrating the elements in the mass}},<ref>{{R:MED Online|entry=sacrifīce|pos=n|id=MED38220}}</ref> from {{der|en|xno|sacrefiz}}, and {{der|en|fro|sacrifice}}, {{m|fro|sacrifise}} (modern {{cog|fr|sacrifice}}), from {{der|en|la|sacrificium|t=something offered to a deity, sacrifice}}, from {{af|la|sacrum|faciō|-ium|t1=sacrifice, sacrificial rite|t2=to do, to make||pos3={{glossary|suffix}} forming {{glossary|abstract noun}}s|nocat=1}}. The noun {{m|la|sacrum}} is the nominalized neuter of the adjective {{m|la|sacer|t=devoted to a deity for sacrifice; holy, sacred}}, ultimately from {{der|en|ine-pro|*seh₂k-|t=ceremony, ritual; to make sacred}}, and the verb {{m|la|faciō}} is ultimately from {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-|t=to do; to place, put}}. Related Latin formations include {{m|la|sacrificus|t=of or pertaining to sacrifice, sacrificial}}<ref>Compare {{R:OED Online|pos=n|id=1376291913|date=March 2024|nodot=1}}; {{R:Lexico|pos=n}}</ref> and {{m|la|sacrificō|t=to make a sacrifice}}.

{{rel-top|cognates}}
* {{cog|it|sagrifizio}}
* {{cog|oc|sacrifici}}
* {{cog|pt|sacrificio}}
* {{cog|es|sacrificio}}
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====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|religion}}
## Originally, the [[killing#Noun|killing]] (and often [[burning#Noun|burning]]) of a [[human being]] or an [[animal]] as an [[offering#Noun|offering]] to a [[deity]]; later, also the offering of an [[object#Noun|object]] to a deity.
##* {{RQ:Herbert Travaile|chapter=[Angola]|pages=9–10|pageref=10|passage=They firſt vvaſh the dead body, paint him, clothe him, and ſo conueigh him to his Dormitorie, vvhich is ſpacious and neat, vvherein they bury his Armolets, Bracelets, Shackles and ſuch Treaſure, concluding their Ceremonies vvith Mimmicke geſtures and eiaculations: vvhich, vvith the '''Sacrifice''' of a Goat, vpon his Graue, puts a period to their Burials.}}
##* {{RQ:Hobbes Leviathan|chapter=Of the Kingdome of God by Nature|page=192|passage=[T]he Beaſts they offered in '''ſacrifice''', and the Gifts they offered, and their actions in VVorſhipping, vvere full of ſubmiſſion, and commemorative of benefits received, vvas according to reaſon, as proceeding from an intention to honour him {{quote-gloss|God}}.}}
##* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=I|lines=392–396|sig=&#91;B3&#93;|page=14|passage={{...}} ''{{w|Moloch}}'', horrid King beſmear'd with blood / Of human '''ſacrifice''', and parents tears, / Though for the noyſe of Drums and Timbrels loud / Their childrens cries unheard, that paſt through fire / To his grim Idol.}}
##* {{RQ:Milton Samson|lines=435–439|page=32|passage=This day the ''Philiſtines'' a popular Feaſt / Here celebrate in ''Gaza''; and proclaim / Great Pomp, and '''Sacrifice''', and Praiſes loud / To ''{{w|Dagon}}'', as their God vvho hath deliver'd / Thee ''[[w:Samson|Samſon]]'' bound and blind into thir hands, {{...}}}}
## A human being or an animal, or a [[physical#Adjective|physical]] object or [[immaterial#Adjective|immaterial]] [[thing]] ''(see {{senseno|en|immaterial}})'', offered to a deity.
##* {{RQ:Marlowe Nashe Dido|sig=&#91;B4&#93;|verso=1|page=15|passage=O th'inchaunting vvords of that baſe ſlaue, / Made him to thinke ''[[w:Epeius of Phocis|Epeus]]'' pine-tree Horſe {{quote-gloss|''i.e.'', the {{w|Trojan Horse}}}} / A '''ſacrifize''' t'appeaſe ''[[w:Minerva|Mineruas]]'' vvrath: {{...}}}}
##* {{RQ:Shakespeare Henry 8|act=II|scene=i|page=212|column=2|passage=Make of your Prayers one ſvveet '''Sacrifice''', / And lift my Soule to Heauen.}}
##* {{RQ:Dryden All for Love|page=6|passage=Does the mute '''Sacrifice''' upbraid the Prieſt? / He knovvs him not his Executioner.}}
## {{senseid|en|immaterial}}{{lb|en|figurative}} The offering of [[devotion]], [[penitence]], [[prayer]], [[thanksgiving]], etc., to a deity.
##* {{RQ:Coverdale Bible|Hebrews|chapter=13|verse=15|folio=ciiij|column=2|passage=Let vs therfore by him {{quote-gloss|{{w|Jesus}}}} offre allwayes vnto God the '''ſacrifice''' of prayſe: that is to ſaye, the frute of thoſe lippes which confeſſe his name.}}
##* {{RQ:Book of Common Prayer|chapter=The Supper of the Lorde, and the Holy Communion, Commonly Called the Masse|folio=cxxviii|verso=1|passage=[W]e thy humble ſeruauntes {{...}} entierely deſiryng thy fatherly goodnes, mercifully to accepte this our '''Sacrifice''' of praiſe and thankes geuing: {{...}}}}
##* {{RQ:King James Version|Jeremiah|17|26|page=836|column=2|passage=And they ſhall come {{...}} bringing '''ſacrifices''' of praiſe vnto the houſe of the {{smallcaps|Lord}}.}}
## {{lb|en|Christianity|specifically}}
### [[Jesus Christ]]'s [[voluntary#Adjective|voluntary]] offering of himself to [[God the Father]] to be [[crucify|crucified]] as [[atonement]] for the [[sin#Noun|sins]] of [[humankind]].
### {{lb|en|by extension}} The [[rite#Noun|rite]] of [[Holy Communion]] or the [[Mass]], [[regard#Verb|regarded]] as {{lb|en|Protestantism}} an offering of thanksgiving to [[God]] for [[Christ]]'s [[crucifixion]], or {{lb|en|Roman Catholicism}} a [[perpetual#Adjective|perpetual]] [[reenactment|re-enactment]] of Christ's [[sacrificial]] offering.
###* {{RQ:Macaulay History of England|volume=II|chapter=VI|pages=109–110|pageref=110|passage=The pretensions of the holy see, the authority of tradition, purgatory, transubstantiation, the '''sacrifice''' of the mass, {{...}} were copiously discussed.}}
# {{lb|en|figurative}}
## The [[destruction]] or [[surrender#Noun|surrender]] of anything [[for the sake of]] something else regarded as more [[urgent]] or [[valuable#Adjective|valuable]]; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this [[purpose#Noun|purpose]].
##: {{antonym|en|nonsacrifice}}
##: {{ux|en|the '''sacrifice''' of one’s spare time in order to volunteer}}
##* {{RQ:Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Q1-2|act=V|scene=iii|sig=&#91;K4&#93;|page=80|passage=As rich ſhall {{w|R''omeo''}} by his Lady {{quote-gloss|{{w|Juliet}}}} lie, / Poore '''Sacrifices''' to our Enmitie.}}
##* {{RQ:Hobbes Leviathan|chapter=Of Punishments, and Rewards|page=166|passage=The benefit vvhich a Soveraign beſtovveth on a Subject, {{...}} are rather '''Sacrifices''', vvhich the Soveraign (conſidered in his naturall perſon, and not in the perſon of the Common-vvealth) makes, for the appeaſing the diſcontent of him he thinks more potent than himſelfe; and encourage not to obedience, but on the contrary, to the continuance, and increaſing of further extortion.}}
##* {{RQ:Gray Six Poems|page=12|passage=Ambition this ſhall tempt to riſe, / Then vvhirl the vvretch from high, / To bitter Scorn a '''ſacrifice''', / And grinning Infamy.}}
##* {{RQ:Macaulay History of England|volume=II|chapter=X|page=647|passage=[[w:Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon|[Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of] Clarendon]] saw that he was not likely to gain anything by the '''sacrifice''' of his principles, and determined to take them back again.}}
##* {{quote-song|en|author=w:Elton John; w:Bernie Taupin|artist=Elton John|title=[[w:Sacrifice (Elton John song)|Sacrifice]]|album=w:Sleeping with the Past|location=London|publisher=w:The Rocket Record Company|date=29 August 1989|oclc=54448172|passage=And it's no '''sacrifice''' / Just a simple word / It's two hearts living / In two separate worlds / But it's no '''sacrifice''' / No '''sacrifice''' / It's no '''sacrifice''' at all}}
## {{lb|en|baseball}} {{short for|en|sacrifice bunt|nodot=1}} ''or'' {{l|en|'''sacrifice hit'''|t=a [[play#Noun|play]] in which the [[batter#Noun|batter]] [[intentionally]] [[hit#Verb|hits]] the [[ball#Noun|ball]] [[softly]] with a [[hand#Noun|hands]]-[[spread#Verb|spread]] [[batting#Noun|batting]] [[stance#Noun|stance]] [[at the cost of]] an [[out#Noun|out]] to [[advance#Verb|advance]] one or more [[runner]]s}}.
## {{lb|en|bridge}} ''In full'' '''sacrifice bid''': a [[bid#Noun|bid]] of a [[contract#Noun|contract]] which is [[unlikely#Adverb|unlikely]] to be [[fulfil]]led, that a [[player]] [[make#Verb|makes]] [[in the hope that]] they will [[incur]] fewer [[penalty]] [[point#Noun|points]] than the points likely to be [[gain#Verb|gained]] by [[opponent]]s in making their contract.
##: {{synonyms|en|save}}
## {{lb|en|business|slang|dated}} A [[monetary]] [[loss#Noun|loss]] incurred by [[sell#Verb|selling]] something at [[less#Adverb|less]] than its [[value#Noun|value]]; also, the thing thus sold.
##* {{RQ:Dickens Chimes|pages=52–53|pageref=53|passage=The Old Year was already looked upon as dead; and its effects were selling cheap like some drowned mariner's aboardship. Its patterns were Last Year's and going at a '''sacrifice''', before its breath was gone. Its treasures were mere dirt, beside the riches of its unborn successor!}}
##* {{RQ:Thackeray Pendennis|volume=II|chapter=Conversations|page=216|passage=[H]e bought a green shawl for Mrs. Bolton, and a yellow one for Fanny: the most brilliant "'''sacrifices'''" of a Regent-street haberdasher's window.}}
## {{lb|en|chess}} An [[act#Noun|act]] of intentionally [[allow]]ing one's [[piece#Noun|piece]] to be [[capture#Verb|captured]] by the opponent in order to [[improve]] one's [[position#Noun|position]] in the [[game#Noun|game]].

=====Derived terms=====
{{col3|en
|human sacrifice
|nonsacrifice
|sac
|sacrifice bunt
|sacrifice fly
|sacrifice hit
|salary sacrifice
|self-sacrifice
|supreme sacrifice
|ultimate sacrifice
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; offering of an object to a deity}}
* Armenian: {{t-needed|hy}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ахвярапрынашэ́нне|n}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|বলি}} {{qualifier|Hinduism}}, {{t+|bn|কুরবানি}} {{qualifier|Islam}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|: жертвоприноше́ние|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|sacrifici|m}}, {{t+|ca|ofrena|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|opoffering|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|oferaĵo}}
* French: {{t+|fr|sacrifice|m}}, {{t+|fr|offrande|f}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃|m}}, {{t|got|𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌻|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|θυσία|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|θυσία|f}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|कुरबानी|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|áldozás}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|sacrificio|m}}
* Latin: {{t|la|sacrificium|n}}; {{qualifier|animal}} {{t|la|victima|f}}, {{t|la|hostia|f}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|upuris|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t-needed|mk}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|korban}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ബലി}} {{qualifier| animal sacrifice}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|sagrifiċċju|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|raukakai}} {{qualifier|refers to human sacrifice}}, {{t|mi|whakahere}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|ofring|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|ofring|f}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|offering|f}}, {{t|ang|blōt|n}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Opfa|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|ofiara|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|жертвоприноше́ние|n}}
* Sindhi: {{t|sd|ٻَلِ|f|tr=ḇali}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|dhabihu}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|telki}}
* Ugaritic: {{t|uga|𐎄𐎁𐎈}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|жертвоприне́сення|n}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|aberth|m|f}}
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{{trans-top|human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a deity}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|تَضْحِيَة|f}}, {{t|ar|قُرْبَان|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|զոհ}}, {{t+|hy|զոհաբերություն}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|sacrificiu|m}}
* Avar: {{t|av|къурбан}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|qurban}}, {{t|az|qurbanlıq}}
* Belarusian: {{t+|be|ахвя́ра|f}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|ত্যাগ}}, {{t+|bn|কুরবানি}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|же́ртва|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|sacrifici|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|犧牲}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|oběť|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|offer|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|offer}}, {{t+|nl|opoffering|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|ofero}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|ohverdus}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|uhraus}}, {{t+|fi|uhri}}, {{t+|fi|uhrilahja}}
* French: {{t+|fr|sacrifice|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|sacrificio|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მსხვერპლი}}, {{t|ka|ზვარაკი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Opfer|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|θυσία|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|θυσία|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|קורבן|m|tr=korbán}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|निसार|m}}, {{t+|hi|कुरबानी|f}}, {{t|hi|क़ुर्बानी|f}}, {{t+|hi|त्याग|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|áldozat}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|fórn|f}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|sakrifikajo}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|íobairt|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|sacrificio|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|犠牲|tr=ぎせい, gisei}}, {{t+|ja|生贄|tr=いけにえ, ikenie}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|құрбандық}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|យញ្ញ}}, {{t-check|km|ទេវតាពលី|tr=teevea’daapea’lii}}, {{t-check|km|បូជនកិច្ច|tr=boocea’nea’kəc}}, {{t-check|km|មហាយញ្ញ|tr=mea’haayaɲ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|희생(犧牲)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|قوربانی}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|курмандык}}
* Latin: {{t|la|sacrificium|n}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|upuris|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|жртва|f}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ബലി}} {{qualifier|animal sacrifice}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|sagrifiċċju}}
* Maore Comorian: {{t|swb|sadaka|c5|c6}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|raupanga}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|тахил}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|offer|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|offer|n}}
* Old English: [[blot|blōt, ġeblōt]], {{t|ang|lāc|n}}
* Old French: {{t|fro|sacrifise}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|قرباني|f|tr=qorbāní}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|قربانی|tr=qorbâni}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Opfa|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|ofiara|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|sacrifício|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|sacrificiu|n}}, {{t+|ro|jertfă|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|же́ртва|f}}, {{t+|ru|поже́ртвование|n}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{qualifier|religious}} {{t|gd|ìobairt|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|жртва|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|žrtva|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|obeta|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|žrtev|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|sacrificio|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|offer|n}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|қурбонӣ}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|త్యాగం}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ยัญ}}, {{t|th|เมธ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kurban}}, {{t+|tr|kurbanlık}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|gurbanlyk}}, {{t|tk|gurban}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|же́ртва|f}}, {{t|uk|офі́ра|f}}, {{t|uk|поже́ртвування|n}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|قربانی|f|tr=qurbānī}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|قۇربانلىق}}, {{t|ug|قۇربان}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|qurbonlik}}, {{t+|uz|qurbon}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|lễ vật}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|aberth|m|f}}
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{{trans-top|offering of devotion, etc., to a deity}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|uhri}}
* Macedonian: {{t-needed|mk}}
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{{trans-top|Jesus Christ’s voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|uhri}}
* Macedonian: {{t-needed|mk}}
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{{trans-see|the rite of Holy Communion or the Mass|Holy Communion|Mass}}

{{trans-top|destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|жертване|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|uhri}}
* Macedonian: {{t-needed|mk}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|pengorbanan}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ത്യാഗം}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|oppofrelse|m}}, {{t|nb|oppofring|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|oppofring|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|ofiara|f}}, {{t+|pl|poświęcenie|n}}
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{{trans-see|''synonym of'' sacrifice bunt|sacrifice bunt}}

{{trans-top|(''bridge'') bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|uhraus}}
* Macedonian: {{t-needed|mk}}
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{{trans-top|(''business'') monetary loss incurred by selling something at less than its value; the thing thus sold}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tappio}}
* Macedonian: {{t-needed|mk}}
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{{trans-top|(''chess'') act of intentionally allowing one’s piece to be captured by the opponent}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|uhraus}}
* Macedonian: {{t-needed|mk}}
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===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|en|enm|sacrificen|t=to offer a sacrifice to a deity}},<ref>{{R:MED Online|entry=
sacrifīcen|pos=v|id=MED38221}}</ref> from {{m|enm|sacrifice}} (see [[#Etymology 1|etymology 1]]) + {{m|enm|-en|pos={{glossary|suffix}} forming {{glossary|infinitive}}s of {{glossary|verb}}s}}.<ref>{{R:MED Online|entry=-en|pos=''suf.''(3)|noformat=1|id=MED13518}}</ref><ref>Compare {{R:OED Online|pos=v|id=9611296460|date=September 2023|nodot=1}}; {{R:Lexico|pos=v}}</ref>

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}}
## {{lb|en|religion}} To [[offer#Verb|offer]] (a [[human being]] or an [[animal]], or an [[object#Noun|object]]) to a [[deity]].
##: {{synonyms|en|Molochise|Molochize}}
##* {{RQ:King James Version|Deuteronomy|16|4|page=287|column=2|passage=And there ſhall bee no leauened bread ſeene with thee in all thy coaſts ſeuen dayes, neither ſhall there any thing of the fleſh, which thou '''ſacrificedſt''' the firſt day at Euen, remaine all night, vntill the morning.}}
##* {{RQ:Donne Paradoxes|page=68|passage=[B]oth the [[w:Muses|muſes]] and the [[w:Charities|graces]] are his hard Miſtriſſes, though he daily Invocate them, though he '''ſacrifize''' ''Hecatombs'', they ſtil look a ſquint, {{...}}}}
##* {{RQ:Herbert Travaile|chapter=A Description of the Bannyans in India|page=39|passage=Their Funerals are theſe, they bring the dead corps neere to their Churches, vvhere they '''ſacrifice''' him to aſhes, in coſtly perfumes, in Aromatique Gummes and Spices.|footer=Used to refer to cremation of a dead body in a manner similar to a sacrifice.}}
##* {{RQ:Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica|chapter=Of the Picture of [[w:Jephthah|Jephtha]] Sacrificing His Daughter|page=255|passage=[T]he Scripture vvith indignation, oft times makes mention of humane ſacrifice among the Gentiles, vvhoſe oblations ſcarce made ſcruple of any Animall, '''ſacrificing''' not onely man, but Horſes, Lyons, Ægles; {{...}}}}
##* {{RQ:Dampier New Voyage|chapter=XVII|page=485|passage=[I]f they '''ſacrifice''' their Enemies it is not neceſſary they ſhould eat them too. After all, I vvill not be peremptory in the Negative, but I ſpeak as to the compaſs of my ovvn knovvledge, and knovv ſome of theſe Cannibal ſtories to be falſe, and many of them have been diſproved ſince I firſt vvent to the ''VVeſt Indies''.}}
## {{lb|en|by extension|figurative}}
### To [[destroy]] or [[kill#Verb|kill]] (a human being or an animal); specifically {{lb|en|science}}, to [[kill#Verb|kill]] (an animal) for a [[scientific]] [[experiment#Noun|experiment]] or [[test#Noun|test]].
###* {{RQ:Prior Solomon|page=476|passage=Condemn'd to '''ſacrifice''' his childiſh Years / To babling Ign'rance, and to empty Fears; {{...}}|footer=A figurative use.}}
###* {{quote-book|en|chapter=The Story of Baharkan, the Intemperate|title=Tales of the East: Comprising the Most Popular Romances of Oriental Origin;{{nb...|and the Best Imitations by European Authors: With New Translations, and Additional Tales, Never before Published. To which is Prefixed an Introductory Dissertation, Containing an Account of Each Work, and of Its Author, or Translator, by Henry Weber, Esq. In Three Volumes.}}|location=Edinburgh|publisher={{...|Printed by}} &#91;[[w:James Ballantyne|James Ballantyne & Company]]&#93; for [[w:John Ballantyne (publisher)|John Ballantyne and Company]], Sylvester Doig and Andrew Stirling; London: [[w:Longman|Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown]], and Robert Scholey|year=1812|volume=II|page=133|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=mwEyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA133|column=2|oclc=27234068|passage=Heaven chastises thee, Baharkan! Thou wast cruel, vindictive, and inexorable. With thee humanity had no value. Thou '''sacrificedst''' thy brethren on the slightest suspicion.}}
### To destroy or [[surrender#Verb|surrender]] (something) [[for the sake of]] something else [[regard#Verb|regarded]] as more [[urgent]] or [[valuable#Adjective|valuable]].
###: {{ux|en|Venison has many advantages over meat from factory farms, although it still requires a hunter to '''sacrifice''' the life of a deer.}}
###* {{RQ:Swift Journal to Stella|letter=IV|date=21 September 1710|page=208|passage=Deuce take lady S&NoBreak;⸺; and if I know D&NoBreak;⸺&NoBreak;y, he is a rawboned faced fellow, not handsome, nor visibly so young as you say: she '''sacrifices''' two thousand pounds a year, and keeps only six hundred.}}
###* {{RQ:Johnson Rambler|issue=145|date=6 August 1751|page=109|passage=[W]riters ſhould ceaſe from inteſtine hoſtilities; and, inſtead of '''ſacrificing''' each other to malice and contempt, endeavour to avert perſecution from the meaneſt of their fraternity.}}
###* {{RQ:Macaulay History of England|volume=II|chapter=VII|page=222|passage=Could it then be doubted that, if the Churchmen would even now comply with his wishes, he would willingly '''sacrifice''' the Puritans?}}
###* {{RQ:Eliot Scenes of Clerical Life|volume=I|chapter=IV|page=243|passage=The Baronet had '''sacrificed''' a large sum, and even straitened the resources by which he was to carry out his architectural schemes, for the sake of removing the entail from his estate, and making this boy his heir—{{...|nospace=1}}}}
###* {{quote-book|en|author=Aḥmad Shāh Abdālī [''i.e.'', [[w:Ahmad Shah Durrani|Ahmad Shāh Durrānī]]]|chapter=[The Poems of Aḥmad Shāh, Abdālī.] [Poem] IX.|translator=[[w:Henry George Raverty|H[enry] G[eorge] Raverty]]|title=Selections from the Poetry of the Afghāns, from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century:{{nb...|Literally Translated from the Original Pus’hto; with Notices of the Different Authors, and Remarks on the Mystic Doctrine and Poetry of the Ṣūfīs: By Captain H. G. Raverty, [...]}}|location=London&#59; Edinburgh|publisher={{w|Williams and Norgate}},{{nb...|Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, and South Frederick Street, Edinburgh.}}|year=1862|page=301|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/selectionsfrompo00rave/page/301/mode/1up|oclc=1015153842|passage=From the pangs of grief thou shalt then be again released, / When thou '''sacrificest''' thine own affections, O my heart!}}
###* {{RQ:Black Princess of Thule|chapter=Sheila's Strategem|page=287|passage=[H]e dresses well, but there is perfect freedom about his dress. He is too much an artist to '''sacrifice''' himself to his clothes.}}
###* {{RQ:Kipling Light that Failed|page=126|passage=And I know by what you have just said that you're on the wrong road to success. It isn't got at by '''sacrificing''' other people,—I've had that much knocked into me; you must '''sacrifice''' yourself, and live under orders, and never think for yourself, and never have real satisfaction in your work except just at the beginning, when you're reaching out after a notion.}}
###* {{quote-journal|en|author=R. C. Riley|title=The London–Birmingham services—Past, Present and Future|journal=[[w:Modern Railways|Trains Illustrated]]|location=London|publisher=w:Ian Allan Publishing|month=February|year=1960|page=99|issn=0141-9935|oclc=35845948|passage=To do the job thoroughly sentiment must be ignored and it seems inevitable that the famous Great Hall and the Doric Arch will have to be '''sacrificed''' to progress.}}
###* {{quote-song|en|author={{w|Holland-Dozier-Holland}} &#91;{{w|Brian Holland}}; {{w|Lamont Dozier}}; {{w|Eddie Holland}}&#93;|artist=w:Marvin Gaye|title=[[w:Baby Don't You Do It|Baby Don’t You Do It]]|location=Detroit, Mich.|publisher=[[w:Motown|Tamla]]|date=2 September 1964|oclc=1115459330|passage=Don't you break my heart / 'Cause I '''sacrifice''' to make you happy.}}
###* {{quote-book|en|author=Steven K. Scott|chapter=The Greatest Words Ever Spoken about God Reaching Out to Us|title=The Greatest Words Ever Spoken: Everything Jesus Said about You, Your Life, and Everything Else|location=Colorado Springs, Colo.|publisher=WaterBrook Press, {{w|Random House}}|year=2008|page=416|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=mQ5HmmRAhX4C&pg=PA416|isbn=978-1-4000-7462-4|passage=That is why God '''sacrificed''' His only begotten Son {{quote-gloss|{{w|Jesus}}}}: so our incalculable debt of sin could be paid in full.}}
###* {{quote-video game|en|developer=w:BioWare|title=w:Mass Effect 2|location=Redwood City, Calif.|publisher=w:Electronic Arts|year=2010|system=P.C.|scene=Haestrom|oclc=865290061|passage=Tali: The Admiralty Board believed the information here was worth '''sacrificing''' all our lives for. I have to believe that they know what's best.}}
### {{lb|en|baseball}} Of a [[batter]]: to [[advance#Verb|advance]] (one or more [[runner]]s on [[base#Noun|base]]) by [[bat#Verb|batting]] the [[ball#Noun|ball]] so it can be [[field#Verb|fielded]], [[place#Verb|placing]] the batter [[out#Adjective|out]] but with [[insufficient]] [[time#Noun|time]] to [[put#Verb|put]] the runner(s) out.
### {{lb|en|business|slang|dated}} To [[sell#Verb|sell]] (something) at [[less#Adverb|less]] than its [[value#Noun|value]], thus [[incur]]ring a [[monetary]] [[loss#Noun|loss]].
###* {{quote-journal|en|title=Sacrifice Extraordinary|journal=[[w:Punch (magazine)|Punch, or The London Charivari]]|location=London|publisher={{...|Printed [and published] by}} [[w:William Bradbury (printer)|William Bradbury]],{{nb...|of No. 13, Upper Woburn-place, in the parish of St. Pancras}}, and {{w|Frederick Mullett Evans}},{{nb...|of No. 7, Church-row, Stoke Newington, both in the County of Middlesex, printers, [...]}}|date=30 March 1850|volume=XVIII|page=130|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/sim_punch_1850_18/page/130/mode/1up|column=2|oclc=732224722|passage=A {{smallcaps|newspaper}} advertisement announces that "A professional gentleman is instructed to '''sacrifice''' {{smallcaps|Three}} young sound {{smallcaps|Horses}} at half their cost." We wonder what deity horses could be sacrificed to?}}
### {{lb|en|chess}} To intentionally [[allow]] (a [[piece#Noun|piece]]) to be [[capture#Verb|captured]] by the [[opponent]] in order to [[improve]] one's [[position#Noun|position]] in the [[game#Noun|game]].
# {{lb|en|intransitive}}
## {{lb|en|religion}} To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
##* {{RQ:King James Version|Ecclesiastes|9|2|page=754|column=1|passage=All things ''come'' alike to all: ''there is'' one euent to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the cleane, and to the vncleane; to him that '''ſacrificeth''', and to him that '''ſacrificeth''' not: as ''is'' the good, ſo ''is'' the ſinner, ''and'' hee that ſweareth, as he that feareth an oath.}}
##* {{RQ:Cowper Task|page=22|passage=Like a coy maiden, eaſe, vvhen courted moſt, / Fartheſt retires—an idol, at vvhoſe ſhrine / VVho oft'neſt '''ſacrifice''' are favor'd leaſt.}}
##* {{RQ:Shelley Poetical Works|edition=new|poem=To Castor and Pollux|page=338|column=1|passage=[T]he sailors tremblingly / Call on the Twins of [[w:Jupiter (god)|Jove]] with prayer and vow, / Gathered in fear upon the lofty prow, / And '''sacrifice''' with snow-white lambs, {{...}}}}
##* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:Augustine of Hippo|S[aint] Augustine, Bishop of Hippo]]|chapter=[[w:Psalm 54|Psalm LIV]]|translator=T. Scratton|title=Expositions on the [[w:Psalms|Book of Psalms]],{{nb...|by S. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Translated, with Notes and Indices. In Six Volumes.}}|series=[[w:Library of the Fathers|A Library of Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church anterior to the Division of the East and West]]|seriesvolume=XXX|location=Oxford, Oxfordshire|publisher=[[w:John Henry Parker (writer)|John Henry Parker]]; London: [[w:Rivington (publishers)|F[rancis] and J[ohn] Rivington]]|year=1849|volume=III (Psalm LIII.–LXXV.)|section=paragraph 10|page=23|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/expositionsonboo30augu/page/23/mode/1up|oclc=1015432096|passage=If, therefore, because of money thou praisest God, not voluntarily thou '''sacrificest''' to God, but out of necessity thou '''sacrificest''': because, beside Him, something else has thy love.}}
## {{lb|en|by extension|figurative}}
### {{lb|en|baseball}} Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
### {{lb|en|bridge}} To make a [[bid#Noun|bid]] of a [[contract#Noun|contract]] which is [[unlikely#Adverb|unlikely]] to be [[fulfil]]led, [[in the hope that]] that the [[player]] will [[incur]] fewer [[penalty]] [[point#Noun|points]] than the points likely to be [[gain#Verb|gained]] by opponents in making their contract.
### {{lb|en|Christianity}} To [[celebrate]] [[Holy Communion]] or [[Mass]].
###* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Herbert Thorndike|chapter=[An Epilogue to the Tragedy of the Church of England,{{nb...|being a Necessary Consideration and Brief Resolution of the Chief Controversies in Religion that Divide the Western Church; Occasioned by the Present Calamity of the Church of England: [...]}}.] Chapter V. It Cannot be Proved by the Old Testament that the Eucharist is a Sacrifice. How by the New Testament it may be so Accounted.{{nb...|For Reasons thereof, Depending upon the Nature of Justifying Faith Premised. The Consent of the Catholic Church. The Concurrence of the Church of England to the Premisses}}.|title=The Theological Works of Herbert Thorndike,{{nb...|Sometime Prebendary of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster.}}|series=w:Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology|seriesvolume=66|location=Oxford, Oxfordshire|publisher=[[w:John Henry Parker (writer)|John Henry Parker]]|year=1659|year_published=1852|volume=IV|section=book III (Of the Laws of the Church)|page=113|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/theologicalworks0000thor_k3z2/page/113/mode/1up|oclc=838318|passage=For what power but God's can make good the promise of tendering the Body and Blood of [[w:Jesus|Christ]], as a visible mean{{sic}} to convey His Spirit? And he that goes about to make this change by consecrating the eucharist, must needs be understood to acknowledge this power of God's; but this is not that acknowledgment, which '''sacrificing''' importeth, but that, which every act of religion implieth. He that '''sacrificeth''', acknowledging that which he '''sacrificeth''', with all that he hath, to [come from or belong to]{{sic}} God, to testify this acknowledgment, abandoneth that which he '''sacrificeth''' to be destroyed in testimony of it.}}

=====Conjugation=====
{{en-conj|old=1|stem=sacrific}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col3|en
|sacrificable
|{{l|en|sacrificed|pos=adjective}}
|sacrificer
|{{l|en|sacrificing|pos=adjective, noun}}
|{{l|en|self-sacrifice|pos=verb}}
|unsacrificeable
|unsacrificed
|unsacrificing
}}

=====Related terms=====
{{col3|en
|nonsacrificial
|sacred
|sacrificial
|sacrificially
|sacrificialness
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|(''transitive'') to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (''transitive'') to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|flijoj}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|ضَحَّى}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|զոհաբերել}}, {{t+|hy|զոհել}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|sacrificar}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ахвяро́ўваць|impf}}, {{t+|be|ахвярава́ць|impf}}
* Bengali: {{t|bn|বলিদান করা}} {{qualifier|Hinduism}}, {{t|bn|কুরবান করা}} {{qualifier|Islam}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|принасям в жертва}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|sacrificar}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|祭獻}}, {{t+|cmn|犧牲}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|obětovat}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|ofre}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|offeren}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|ḥtp|h=R4:t*p}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|oferi}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|ohverdama}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|bjóða}}, {{t|fo|geva gávu}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|uhrata}}
* French: {{t+|fr|sacrifier}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|sacrificar}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|შეწირვა}}, {{t|ka|მსხვერპლშეწირვა}}
* German: {{t+|de|opfern}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|θυσιάζω}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|θύω}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|הקריב|tr=hikrív}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|क़ुरबान करना}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|feláldoz}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|fórna}}, {{t|is|gefa til}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|sakrifikar}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|sacrificare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|捧げる|tr=ささげる, sasageru}}, {{t+|ja|犠牲|tr=ぎせいにする, gisei ni suru|alt=犠牲にする}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ហ័វ}}, {{t+|km|ពលី}}, {{t+|km|បូជា}}, {{t+|km|សែន}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|희생(犧牲)하다}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|قوربان کردن}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ພະລີ}}, {{t|lo|ບູຊາ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|sacrificō}}, {{t|la|condono}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|upurēt}}, {{t|lv|ziedot}}
* Macedonian: {{t-needed|mk}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|raupanga}}, {{t|mi|whakahere}}
* Mongolian: {{t|mn|тахил өргөх}}, {{t+|mn|тахих}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|ofre}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|blōtan}}, {{t|ang|offrian}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|ofiarować|impf}}, {{t|pl|złożyć w ofierze|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|sacrificar}}
* Punjabi:
*: Gurmukhi: {{t|pa|ਵਾਰਨਾ}}
*: Shahmukhi: {{t|pa|وارنا}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|sacrifica}}, {{t+|ro|jertfi}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|же́ртвовать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|поже́ртвовать|pf}}, {{t+|ru|приноси́ть в же́ртву|impf}}, {{t+|ru|принести́ в же́ртву|pf}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|यजति}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|жртвовати}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|žrtvovati}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|obetovať}}, {{t|sk|obetovať sa}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|žrtvovati}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|sacrificar}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|chinja|alt=kuchinja}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|offra}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|พลี}}, {{t+|th|บูชา}}
* Turkish: [[kurban]] [[etmek]]
* Ugaritic: {{t|uga|𐎄𐎁𐎈}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|же́ртвувати|impf}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|tế}}, {{t+|vi|cúng tế}}, {{t+|vi|hiến tế}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|ofri}}, {{t|wa|sacrifyî}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|aberthu}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|to destroy or kill (a human being or an animal)|destroy|kill}}

{{trans-top|to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|surmata}}
* Macedonian: {{t-needed|mk}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|զոհաբերել}}, {{t+|hy|զոհել}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|жертвам}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|sacrificar}}, {{t+|ca|oferir}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|obětovat}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|ofre}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|offeren}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|loovutama}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|uhrata}}
* French: {{t+|fr|sacrifier}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|sacrificar}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|შეწირვა}}, {{t|ka|გაწირვა}}
* German: {{t+|de|opfern}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|θυσιάζω}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|fórna}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|sacrificare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|捧げる|tr=ささげる, sasageru}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|لەخۆبوردن}}, {{t|ckb|فیداکاری}}, {{t|ckb|پێناوکردن}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|aukoti}}
* Macedonian: {{t-needed|mk}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|raupanga}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|ofre}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|āġiefan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|poświęcać}}, {{t+|pl|poświęcić}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|sacrificar}}
* Punjabi:
*: Gurmukhi: {{t|pa|ਵਾਰਨਾ}}
*: Shahmukhi: {{t|pa|وارنا}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|sacrifica}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|же́ртвовать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|поже́ртвовать|pf}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|жртвовати}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|žrtvovati}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|obetovať}}, {{t|sk|obetovať|alt=obetovať sa}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|žrtvovati}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|sacrificar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|offra}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|อุทิศ}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|hi sinh}}, {{t+|vi|thí}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|aberthu}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|(''baseball, transitive'') of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded; (''intransitive'') to bat the ball so that it can be fielded}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|sacrificar-se}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|uhrata}} {{qualifier|transitive}}, {{t|fi|uhrautua}} {{qualifier|intransitive}}
* Macedonian: {{t-needed|mk}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|(''business'') to sell (something) at less than its value, thus incurring a monetary loss}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|loovutama}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[myydä]] [[tappio|tappiolla]]}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|θυσιάζω|}}
* Macedonian: {{t-needed|mk}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|poświęcać}}, {{t+|pl|poświęcić}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|(''chess'') to intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one’s position in the game}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|жертвам}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|uhrata}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|θυσιάζω|}}
* Macedonian: {{t-needed|mk}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|же́ртвовать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|поже́ртвовать|pf}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|fjtif}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|(''bridge'') to make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|uhrata}}
* Macedonian: {{t-needed|mk}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|(''Christianity'') to celebrate Holy Communion or Mass}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[käydä]] [[ehtoollinen|ehtoollisella]]}}
* Macedonian: {{t-needed|mk}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Esperanto: {{t-check|eo|oferi}}
* Persian: {{t-check|fa|قربانی کردن|tr=qorbâni kardan}}
* Romanian: {{t+check|ro|sacrifica}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===References===
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===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}
* {{pedia|sacrifice (bridge)}}
* {{pedia|sacrifice bunt}}
* {{pedia|sacrifice (chess)}}
* {{pedia|sacrifice (disambiguation)}}

{{C|en|Death}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|fr|la|sacrificium}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-sacrifice.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|fr|is|s=3}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|sacrifice}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|fr|sacrificiel}}
* {{l|fr|sacrifier}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Latin==

===Adjective===
{{head|la|adjective form}}

# {{inflection of|la|sacrificus||voc|m|s}}

==Middle English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|sacrifise|sacrefise|sacrafyse|sacrafyce|sakerfyse|sacryfyce|sacryffyce}}

===Etymology===
{{etymon|enm|id=offering|bor|fro>sacrifise>sacrifice}}
{{bor+|enm|fro|sacrifise|alt=sacrifise, sacrifice}}.

===Noun===
{{enm-noun|pl=sacrifices}}

# a sacrifice:
## the act of offering a slain animal or goods to a deity (often by burning)
## a sacrificial offering; the victim or thing offered in sacrifice

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|sacrifice}}

===References===
* {{R:MED Online|sacrifīce|n|MED38220}}

==Romanian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ro|[saˈkrifit͡ʃe]}}

===Verb===
{{head|ro|verb form}}

# {{verb form of|ro|sacrifica||3|s//p|pres|sub}}