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RITUAL KILLING

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• RITUAL KILLING (noun)
The noun RITUAL KILLING has 1 sense:

1. the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity

Familiarity information: RITUAL KILLING used as a noun is very rare.

• RITUAL KILLING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ritual killing; sacrifice

Hypernyms ("ritual killing" is a kind of...):

kill; killing; putting to death (the act of terminating a life)

Domain category:

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ritual killing"):

hecatomb (a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen)

immolation (killing or offering as a sacrifice)

"A creaking door hangs longest."
(English proverb)
"It is easier for the son to ask from the father than for the father to ask from the son"
(Breton proverb)
"When what you want doesn't happen, learn to want what does."
(Arabic proverb)
"He who changes, suffers."
(Corsican proverb)

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Meaning of immolation
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