sacrificial

CEFRC1

/ˈsæk.ɹɪ.fɪʃ.əl/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Involving giving up something valuable for another purpose or person.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Used as a sacrifice.

Examples

  • How many sacrificial lambs do we need to bring the rain back?

  • They turned me into a sacrificial sheep.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Relating to sacrifice.

More examples

In context

  • The ceremony involves the ritual slaying of a sacrificial lamb.

  • The old sacrificial well is still there, but animals aren't thrown into it to appease monsters anymore.

  • The sacrificial coating protects the hull, but because it takes the damage the hull doesn't, we must replace it annually.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

During the annual ritual, the priest selected a blank goat to be burned as an offering.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

Borrowed from Latin sacrificiālis (“sacrificial”), from sacrificium (“sacrifice”), from sacrificus (“sacrificial”), from sacrificō (“sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”) + faciō (“do, make”). By surface analysis, sacrifice + -ial.