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burnt sacrifice
Burnt Burnt, p. p. & a. Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun. Burnt ear, a black, powdery fungus which destroys grain. See Smut. Burnt offering, something offered and burnt on an altar, as an atonement for sin; a sacrifice. The offerings of the Jews were a clean animal, as an ox, a calf, a goat, or a sheep; or some vegetable substance, as bread, or ears of wheat or barley. Called also burnt sacrifice. --[2 Sam. xxiv. 22.]
Massacring
Massacre Mas"sa*cre, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Massacred; p. pr. & vb. n. Massacring.] [Cf. F. massacrer. See Massacre, n.] To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; -- limited to the killing of human beings. If James should be pleased to massacre them all, as Maximian had massacred the Theban legion. --Macaulay.
Sacrific
Sacrific Sacrif"ic, Sacrifical Sa*crif"ic*al, a. [L. sacrificus, sacrificalis. See Sacrifice.] Employed in sacrifice. [R.] --Johnson.
Sacrificable
Sacrificable Sa*crif"ic*a*ble, a. Capable of being offered in sacrifice. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
Sacrifical
Sacrific Sacrif"ic, Sacrifical Sa*crif"ic*al, a. [L. sacrificus, sacrificalis. See Sacrifice.] Employed in sacrifice. [R.] --Johnson.
Sacrificant
Sacrificant Sa*crif"ic*ant, n. [L. sacrificans, p. pr. See Sacrifice.] One who offers a sacrifice. [R.]
Sacrificator
Sacrificator Sac"ri*fi*ca`tor, n. [L.] A sacrificer; one who offers a sacrifice. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
Sacrificatory
Sacrificatory Sa*crif"ic*a*to*ry, n. [Cf. F. sacrificatoire.] Offering sacrifice. [R.] --Sherwood.
Sacrifice
Sacrifice Sac"ri*fice, v. i. To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice. O teacher, some great mischief hath befallen To that meek man, who well had sacrificed. --Milton.
Sacrifice hit
Base hit, Safe hit, Sacrifice hit. (Baseball) See under Base, Safe, etc.
Sacrificer
Sacrificer Sac"ri*fi`cer, n. One who sacrifices.
Sacrificial
Sacrificial Sac`ri*fi"cial, a. Of or pertaining to sacrifice or sacrifices; consisting in sacrifice; performing sacrifice. ``Sacrificial rites.' --Jer. Taylor.
Sacrilege
Sacrilege Sac"ri*lege, n. [F. sacril[`e]ge, L. sacrilegium, from sacrilegus that steals, properly, gathers or picks up, sacred things; sacer sacred + legere to gather, pick up. See Sacred, and Legend.] The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred things; the alienating to laymen, or to common purposes, what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses. And the hid treasures in her sacred tomb With sacrilege to dig. --Spenser. Families raised upon the ruins of churches, and enriched with the spoils of sacrilege. --South.
Sacrilegious
Sacrilegious Sac`ri*le"gious, a. [From sacrilege: cf. L. sacrilegus.] Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious. Above the reach of sacrilegious hands. --Pope. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ly, adv. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ness, n.
Sacrilegiously
Sacrilegious Sac`ri*le"gious, a. [From sacrilege: cf. L. sacrilegus.] Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious. Above the reach of sacrilegious hands. --Pope. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ly, adv. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ness, n.
Sacrilegiousness
Sacrilegious Sac`ri*le"gious, a. [From sacrilege: cf. L. sacrilegus.] Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious. Above the reach of sacrilegious hands. --Pope. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ly, adv. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ness, n.
Sacrilegist
Sacrilegist Sac"ri*le`gist, n. One guilty of sacrilege.
Sacring
Sacring Sac"ring, a. & n. from Sacre. Sacring bell. See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus.
Sacring bell
Sacring Sac"ring, a. & n. from Sacre. Sacring bell. See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus.
Sacrist
Sacrist Sa"crist, n. [LL. sacrista. See Sacristan.] A sacristan; also, a person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir, and take care of the books.
Sacristan
Sacristan Sac"ris*tan, n. [F. sacristain, LL. sacrista, fr. L. sacer. See Sacred, and cf. Sexton.] An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils or movables, and of the church in general; a sexton.
Sacristies
Sacristy Sac"ris*ty, n.; pl. Sacristies. [F. sacristie, LL. sacristia, fr. L. sacer. See Sacred.] An apartment in a church where the sacred utensils, vestments, etc., are kept; a vestry.
Sacristy
Sacristy Sac"ris*ty, n.; pl. Sacristies. [F. sacristie, LL. sacristia, fr. L. sacer. See Sacred.] An apartment in a church where the sacred utensils, vestments, etc., are kept; a vestry.
Unbloody sacrifice
Unbloody Un*blood"y, a. Not bloody. --Dryden. Unbloody sacrifice. (a) A sacrifice in which no victim is slain. (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Mass.

Meaning of SACRI from wikipedia

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- Catholicism portal Anni sacri (March 12, 1950) issued on the twelfth anniversary of his coronation, is an encyclical of Pope Pius XII on a program combating...
- Critici sacri was a compilation of Latin biblical commentaries published in London from 1660, edited by John Pearson. The publisher was Cornelius Bee...
- "Sacris solemniis" is a hymn written by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) for the feast of Corpus Christi (also known as the Solemnity of the Holy Body and...
- The sacrum (pl.: sacra or sacrums), in human anatomy, is a large, triangular bone at the base of the spine that forms by the fusing of the sacral vertebrae...
- The Jerusalem Pilgrim's Cross (Latin: Signum Sacri Itineris Hierosolymitani) is an honour of the Holy See awarded in the name of the Pope as a recognition...
- In ancient Rome, the quindecimviri sacris faciundis were the fifteen (quindecim) members of a college (collegium) with priestly duties. They guarded the...
- The dean of the College of Cardinals (Latin: Dec**** Collegii Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalium) presides over the College of Cardinals in the Catholic...
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