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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -immolat-, *immolat*
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immolate(v) offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction, Example: The Aztecs immolated human victims; immolate the valuables at the temple
immolation(n) killing or offering as a sacrifice

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Immolate

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Immolated p. pr. & vb. n. Immolating. ] [ L. immolatus, p. p. of immolare to sacrifice, orig., to sprinkle a victim with sacrifical meal; pref. im- in + mola grits or grains of spelt coarsely ground and mixed with salt; also, mill. See Molar, Meal ground grain. ] 1. To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a sacrificial victim. [ 1913 Webster ]

Worshipers, who not only immolate to them [ the deities ] the lives of men, but . . . the virtue and honor of women. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To destroy by fire. [ PJC ]

Immolation

n. [ L. immolatio: cf. F. immolation. ] 1. The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed. Sir. T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is immolated; a sacrifice. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Destruction by fire. [ PJC ]

Immolator

n. [ L. ] One who offers in sacrifice; specifically, one of a sect of Russian fanatics who practice self-mutilation and sacrifice.

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