NOUN | act | immolation | killing or offering as a sacrifice |
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Sounds | ih'mahley.shahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | killing or offering as a sacrifice. | |
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Broader | sacrifice, ritual killing | The act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity |
Spanish | inmolación | |
Catalan | immolació | |
Verbs | immolate | offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction |
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