Plural of sacrifice

Forms of sacrifice

Sacrifices in a sentence

• Colleen's piety led her to make sacrifices that most people would not have made.From the entry piety
• The ancient Indo-European religions were more orthopraxic than orthodox. Observance and sacrifices were more important than individual psychology or interpretation.From the entry orthopraxic
• "The tragedy of the commons" is that none wish to make sacrifices of their or their family's interests for the common good.From the entry commons
• It is here, next to the beached ship of Odysseus, that the Achaeans of the Iliad hold their assemblies and perform their sacrifices.From the entry beached
• To honor him, they offered sacrifices and pinky-promised to be better-behaved in the year to come.2023 December 27, Reda Wigle, “Here’s the New Year’s resolution each zodiac sign should stick to”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News…. From the entry pinky-promise

Meaning of sacrifice

1. noun Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
2. noun A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see etymology 1 sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
3. noun The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.

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• Past tense of sacrifice
• Sacrifice in Hindi
• Sacrifice in Tamil
• Sacrifice in Urdu
• Sacrifice in Bengali

Questions about the plural of sacrifice

What is the plural of sacrifice?

The plural of sacrifice is sacrifices.

Is sacrifice countable?

Sacrifice is a countable and uncountable noun.