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What (who) is A Certain Sacrifice - definition
A Certain Sacrifice
1985 FILM BY STEPHEN JON LEWICKI
A Certain Sacrifice is a 1985 American drama film co-written and directed by Stephen Jon Lewicki and starring Madonna, Jeremy Pattnosh and Charles Kurtz. It was Madonna's first movie, filmed from September 1979 through June 1981, but not released until 1985.
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![Sacrifice of Jesus]]: ''Christ on the Cross'' by Carl Heinrich Bloch](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christ at the Cross - Cristo en la Cruz.jpg?width=200 "Sacrifice of Jesus]]: ''Christ on the Cross'' by Carl Heinrich Bloch")
![Oxford]]).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Codex Magliabechiano (141 cropped).jpg?width=200 "Oxford]]).")
![A sacrificed pig during [[Ghost Festival]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ghost Festival Ritual.jpg?width=200 "A sacrificed pig during [[Ghost Festival]]")
![The sacrificial [[cairn]] in [[Janakkala]], [[Finland]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laurinmäki sacrificial cairn.JPG?width=200 "The sacrificial [[cairn]] in [[Janakkala]], [[Finland]]")
![Animal sacrifice offered together with [[libation]] in [[Ancient Greece]]. Attic red-figure [[oinochoe]], ca. 430–425 BC ([[Louvre]]).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sacrifice scene Louvre G402.jpg?width=200 "Animal sacrifice offered together with [[libation]] in [[Ancient Greece]]. Attic red-figure [[oinochoe]], ca. 430–425 BC ([[Louvre]]).")
![Roman wall painting]] depicting a scene of sacrifice in honor of the [[goddess Diana]]; she is seen here accompanied by a deer. The fresco was discovered in the [[triclinium]] of [[House of the Vettii]] in [[Pompeii]], Italy.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Scene of sacrifice in honour of Diana. Fresco from the triclinium of House of the Vettii in Pompeii.jpg?width=200 "Roman wall painting]] depicting a scene of sacrifice in honor of the [[goddess Diana]]; she is seen here accompanied by a deer. The fresco was discovered in the [[triclinium]] of [[House of the Vettii]] in [[Pompeii]], Italy.")
![Heaven]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Waldburg-Gebetbuch 034.jpg?width=200 "Heaven]]")
OFFERING TO GODS
Sacrifice theology; Sacrificial; Sacrifices; Sacrificial offering; Blood sacrifice; Bloody sacrifice; Religious offering; Sacrificial rites; Ritual sacrifice; Sacrificed; Sacrificing; Sacrificially; Sacrificer; Sacrificers; Flesh sacrifice; Real sacrifice (chess); Sacrifices in Islam; Sacrifice ritual
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n.
1) to make; offer a sacrifice
2) a great; heroic; personal sacrifice
3) a human sacrifice
4) the supreme, ultimate sacrifice
5) a sacrifice to
6) at (a) sacrifice (we achieved our success at great personal sacrifice)
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v.
1) (D; refl., tr.) to sacrifice for (to sacrifice oneself for a just cause)
2) (D; refl., tr.) to sacrificeto (to sacrifice an animal to the gods)
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OFFERING TO GODS
Sacrifice theology; Sacrificial; Sacrifices; Sacrificial offering; Blood sacrifice; Bloody sacrifice; Religious offering; Sacrificial rites; Ritual sacrifice; Sacrificed; Sacrificing; Sacrificially; Sacrificer; Sacrificers; Flesh sacrifice; Real sacrifice (chess); Sacrifices in Islam; Sacrifice ritual
¦ noun
1. the practice or an act of killing an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to a deity.
an animal, person, or object offered in this way.
2. an act of giving up something of value for the sake of something that is of greater value or importance.
3. (also sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly) Baseball a bunted or fly ball which puts the batter out but allows a base-runner to advance.
¦ verb offer or give up as a sacrifice.
Derivatives
sacrificial adjective
sacrificially adverb
Origin
ME: from OFr., from L. sacrificium; related to sacrificus 'sacrificial', from sacer 'holy'.
