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# sacrificial

adjective (no comparative)

«sacrificial» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Used or given as an offering to a god, usually by killing or giving up something valued. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacrificial/#m1)

### In the lessons

a robe or gift given to the gods in old tales

### Examples

- Heracles sent for a sacrificial robe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacrificial/#x1)
- The priest lit the sacrificial fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacrificial/#x2)
- The farmer chose a lamb for the sacrificial feast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacrificial/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sacrificial» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacrificial/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sacrificial» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sacrificial.html) on Mova free.