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victimaries

victimaries is the plural of victimary.

Meaning of victimary

Noun

victimary (plural victimaries)

  1. (historical) A person whose role it is to kill the sacrificial victim(s) during a ritual sacrifice.
    • Two of the ministri support a pole or brancard, from which hangs a situla (pail with handles); a third has charge of a huge ox, over whose head floats a bird like Progne; whilst a victimary drags by the horns a goat, sacred to Mars.1876, Richard Francis Burton, Etruscan Bologna: A Study, London: Smith, Elder & Co., page 43

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Questions about victimaries

What is victimaries the plural of?
Victimaries is the plural of victimary.

Words near victimaries in the dictionary

  1. victim-blames
  2. victim-blamey
  3. victim-blaming
  4. victimage
  5. victimages
  6. victimaries
  7. victimary
  8. victimate
  9. victimates
  10. victimation
  11. victimed

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