sacrificer

American  

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

noun

plural

sacrificers

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

• self-sacrificer noun

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • May 13, 2013

The gods inhaled the odor, The gods inhaled the sweet odor, The gods gathered like flies around the sacrificer.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

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

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

The sacrificer joyfully closed with the bargain, and the ceremony concluded with much feasting and merriment, in which, however, it is highly improbable that the phantasms of the poor roasted "toms" took part.

From Byways of Ghost-Land by O'Donnell, Elliott