sacrificial

sac-ri-fi-cial · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Relating to or constituting a sacrifice.

  2. 2.

    Designating something intended to be destroyed or given up for a purpose.

Related words

See also: offering, ritual, sacrifice
Synonyms: expiatory, propitiatory

Etymology

From Latin sacrificium "sacrifice" + -al.