sacrificial

[ sak-ruh-fish-uhl ]

/ ˌsæk rəˈfɪʃ əl /

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adjective

pertaining to or concerned with sacrifice.

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Origin of sacrificial

1600–10; <Latin sacrifici(um) sacrifice + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM sacrificial

sac·ri·fi·cial·ly, adverbnon·sac·ri·fi·cial, adjectiveo·ver·sac·ri·fi·cial, adjectiveo·ver·sac·ri·fi·cial·ly, adverb

pre·sac·ri·fi·cial, adjectiveun·sac·ri·fi·cial, adjectiveun·sac·ri·fi·cial·ly, adverb

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How to use sacrificial in a sentence

She told her grandchildren that praying needed to be sacrificial.
Dying on the Waitlist|by David Armstrong and Marshall Allen|February 18, 2021|ProPublica
In your studies, you do examine these types of sacrificial dilemmas, which involve doing harm.
We admire these do-gooders. We just don’t want to date them.|Sigal Samuel|December 4, 2020|Vox
In the past, it’s typically been philosophers who’ve investigated issues of morality and altruism, and they’ve focused a lot on sacrificial dilemmas.
We admire these do-gooders. We just don’t want to date them.|Sigal Samuel|December 4, 2020|Vox
Among the creatures that were sacrificially hunted in different parts of Western Europe were a number of small birds.
Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes|Lina Eckenstein

Possibly this goes back to a custom of fattening a victim that was sacrificially slain.
Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes|Lina Eckenstein
The wren is not the only bird that was sacrificially eaten in France, judging from the chants that are recorded.
Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes|Lina Eckenstein
After death she was adored as a goddess and her worshippers abstained from eating fish, except sacrificially.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie
Another couple were happily absorbed in their children, to whom they were both sacrificially subordinate.
McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sacrificial

sacrificial

/ (ˌsækrɪˈfɪʃəl) /

adjective

used in or connected with a sacrifice

Derived forms of sacrificial

sacrificially, adverb

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