sacrificer

American  

[sak-ruh-fahys-er] / ˈsæk rəˌfaɪs ər /

noun

sacrificers plural

1. a person, such as a worshiper or priest, who offers a religious sacrifice.

2. someone who gives up personal desires, time, or other resource, for the good of others or to achieve a goal.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• self-sacrificer
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• sacrificers
  plural

Example Sentences

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sacrificer sacrificers

Mama doesn’t mean “I love you, sweet angel-woman, sacrificer of sleep, career, and buttock firmness.”

From Salon ● May 13, 2013

Agni, as the god of fire by which the offerings were consumed, was addressed as follows: “We kindle thee at the sacrifice, O wise Agni, the sacrificer, the luminous, the mighty.”

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

The sacrificer has been commonly spoken of as Hermes or Theseus, but he seems rather to be an ordinary human votary.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

These goats thus sacrificed and the Śûdra sacrificer who meanwhile had died by a sudden fever, after a short time were all re-born in the world to undergo the results of their goodness or sin.

From Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India by Kingscote, Mrs. Howard

Herodotus has already told us, that the animals were led to a pure place, and when the sacrificer had invoked the god were killed, cut up, cooked, and then laid out on delicate grass.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max

In a Sattra the priests were regarded as the sacrificers and were initiated.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

They are, next to the sacrificers, the most important persons about the temples.

From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus

Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius.

From Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, William

As indicated above the so-called books of Śruti or Vedic literature are not consecutive treatises, but rather responsa prudentium, utterances respecting ritual and theology ascribed to poets, sacrificers and philosophers who were accepted as authorities.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

"Do you know, child, where are the sacrificers and the people?"

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur