immolation

[ im-uh-ley-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. an act or instance of immolating.

  2. the state of being immolated.

  1. a sacrifice.

Origin of immolation

1
1525–35; <Latin immolātiōn- (stem of immolātiō) offering, sacrifice. See immolate, -ion

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