Sacrifice

  • 21SACRIFICE — s. m. Action par laquelle on offre certaines choses à Dieu avec certaines cérémonies, pour rendre hommage à sa souveraine puissance. Sacrifice solennel. Sacrifice propitiatoire, expiatoire. Les sacrifices de l ancienne loi. Le sacrifice d Abraham …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 22SACRIFICE — n. m. Action par laquelle on offre certaines choses à Dieu avec certaines cérémonies, pour rendre hommage à sa souveraine puissance. Sacrifice solennel. Sacrifice propitiatoire, expiatoire. Les sacrifices de l’ancienne loi. Le sacrifice d’Abraham …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 23sacrifice — I n. 1) to make; offer a sacrifice 2) a great; heroic; personal sacrifice 3) a human sacrifice 4) the supreme, ultimate sacrifice 5) a sacrifice to 6) at (a) sacrifice (we achieved our success at great personal sacrifice) II v. 1) (D; refl., tr.) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 24sacrifice — ▪ I. sacrifice sac‧ri‧fice 1 [ˈsækrfaɪs] noun [countable, uncountable] something valuable that you decide not to have, in order to get something that is more important: • The directors are willing to make certain sacrifices to make the company… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 25sacrifice — sac|ri|fice1 [ˈsækrıfaıs] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin sacrificium, from sacer ( SACRED) + facere to make ] 1.) [U and C] when you decide not to have something valuable, in order to get something that is more important ▪ The… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26Sacrifice —          BALLADUR (Édouard)     Bio express : Homme politique français (1929 )     «Premier ministre ? Fonction la plus difficile de la République, qu on ne quitte que par le sacrifice ou la défaite.»     Source : Dictionnaire de la réforme… …

    Dictionnaire des citations politiques

  • 27sacrifice — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 giving sth up ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, enormous, great, heavy, huge, real, tremendous ▪ financial …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 28sacrifice — 1 noun 1 (C, U) something valuable that you decide not to have, in order to get something that is more important: the need for economic sacrifice | make sacrifices: My parents were forever reminding me of the sacrifices they made to give me an… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29sacrifice */ — I UK [ˈsækrɪfaɪs] / US [ˈsækrɪˌfaɪs] verb Word forms sacrifice : present tense I/you/we/they sacrifice he/she/it sacrifices present participle sacrificing past tense sacrificed past participle sacrificed 1) [transitive] to give up something… …

    English dictionary

  • 30sacrifice — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin sacrificium, from sacr , sacer + facere to make more at do Date: 13th century 1. an act of offering to a deity something precious; especially the killing of a victim on an altar 2.… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary