sacrifice

sacrifice

意味(日本語)

犠牲、いけにえ、犠牲にする ◇-fice(=to make) = 神聖なものにする

語源

意味(英語)

  • (noun) The act of offering something to a deity in propitiation or homage, especially the ritual slaughter of an animal or a person.
  • (noun) A victim offered in this way.
  • (noun) Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.
  • (noun) Something so forfeited.
  • (noun) Relinquishment of something at less than its presumed value.

例文

  • Should any one seek to bargain with himself to pay the price of loss of self, so that he might gain the higher, fuller life, his sacrifice would be in vain because it would not be selflessness, but selfishness -- there could be no _sacrifice_, were it a bargain.

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consecrate

consecrate

神聖にする、清める、捧げる ◇con(=with) = …を神聖にする

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consecration

consecration

神聖化、浄化、専心

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【広告】

desecrate

desecrate

神聖を汚す、冒涜する ◇de-(=away) = 聖なる状態から引き離す

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desecration

desecration

神聖冒涜

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execrate

execrate

いみきらう、のろう ◇ex-(=out) = 聖なるものの外におく

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execration

execration

ひどくきらうこと、のろい(の言葉)

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execrable

execrable

のろうべき、いまわしい

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sacrament

sacrament

聖礼、秘蹟、宣誓

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sacred

sacred

神聖な、不可侵の

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sacrilege

sacrilege

神聖冒涜 ◇-lege(=to gather、steal) = 聖所から盗む

語源

【広告】

sacrilegious

sacrilegious

神聖を汚す、教会荒らしの、罰当たりの

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sacrosanct

sacrosanct

至上に神聖な、犯すべからず

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sacrosanctity

sacrosanctity

神聖(性)(神聖な上にも神聖)

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