sacrificial

Borrowed from Latin sacrificiālis (“sacrificial”), from sacrificium (“sacrifice”), from sacrificus (“sacrificial”), from sacrificō (“sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”) + faciō (“do, make”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.fɪʃ.əl/, /ˈsæk.ɹə.fɪʃ.əl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃəl

sacrificial (not comparable)

1. Relating to sacrifice

   The old sacrificial well is still there, but animals aren't thrown into it to appease monsters anymore.

   • 2024, David Golinkin, “Comfort, Oh Comfort My People”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page x:

     Rabban Yoḥanan could have succumbed to despair like many at that time. Instead, he looked for alternatives to the sacrificial system, because he understood that it would take a long time to rebuild the Temple and the Jewish people needed other ways to worship God.

2. Used as a sacrifice.

   The sacrificial coating protects the hull, but because it takes the damage the hull doesn't, we must replace it annually.

   The ceremony involves the ritual slaying of a sacrificial lamb.

Borrowed from Latin sacrificiālis.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Rhymes: -al

sacrificial m or f (masculine and feminine plural sacrificials)

1. sacrificial

• sacrificar
• sacrifici

Borrowed from Latin sacrificiālis.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /sakɾifiˈθjal/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sakɾifiˈsjal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: sa‧cri‧fi‧cial

sacrificial m or f (masculine and feminine plural sacrificiales)

1. sacrificial

• “sacrificial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10