sacrificial

Sacrificial means to give something up in order to gain something else. In some religions, sacrificing something important is a way to show your devotion to the gods.

  • The statue was destroyed in order to create a sacrificial altar for the gods.

  • She sacrificed her time to help the other students, even though it meant that she would be late for her own class.

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Example Sentences for sacrificial

  • 1

    The player character is climbing the sacrificial altar.

  • 2

    The player character is climbing the sacrificial altar.

  • 3

    In effect, the corrosion is transferred to the sacrificial anode.

  • 4

    His sacrificial place is in the same hall.

  • 5

    The flesh of the sacrificial animals was partaken by the sacrificer.

  • 6

    These are the sacrificial fire and the fruit enjoyed by the worshippers.

  • 7

    This ignorance is indispensable to the efficacy of the sacrificial violence.

  • 8

    It was also used in the valley of Hinnom at the sacrificial rites.

  • 9

    A few stairs up is the sacrificial hall and the vault.

  • 10

    He will take the sacrificial chicken and stomp around the patient.