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Immolation

Immolation Meaning & Definition
Immolation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Immolation?

[n] killing or offering as a sacrifice

Synonyms | Synonyms for Immolation:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Immolation: bane | blood | bloodletting | bloodshed | braining | burnt offering | collection | dealing death | destruction | destruction of life | dispatch | drink offering | euthanasia | ex voto offering | execution | extermination | flow of blood | gore | heave offering | hecatomb | holocaust | human sacrifice | incense | infanticide | kill | killing | lapidation | libation | mactation | martyrdom | martyrization | mercy killing | oblation | offering | offertory | peace offering | piacular offering | poisoning | ritual killing | ritual murder | sacramental offering | sacrifice | scapegoat | self-immolation | self-sacrifice | shooting | slaughter | slaying | stoning | suttee | sutteeism | taking of life | thank offering | votive offering | whole offering

See Also | ritual killing | sacrifice

Immolation In Webster's Dictionary

\Im`mo*la"tion\, n. [L. immolatio: cf. F. immolation.] 1. The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed. --Sir. T. Browne. 2. That which is immolated; a sacrifice.

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