SACRIFICE (Introductory and Primitive).-Sacrifice (Lat. sacrificium; sacer, 'holy,' and facere, 'to make') may be defined generally as a rite in the course of which something is forfeited or destroyed, its object being to establish relations between a source of spiritual strength and one in need of such strength, for the benefit of the latter.
An edition of Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Part 21
(2003)
Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Part 21
by James Hastings
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Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Part 21
January 2003, Kessinger Publishing
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"SACRIFICE (Introductory and Primitive).-Sacrifice (Lat. sacrificium; sacer, 'holy,' and facere, 'to make') may be defined generally as a rite in the course of which something is forfeited or destroyed, its object being to establish relations between a source of spiritual strength and one in need of such strength, for the benefit of the latter."
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