Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Part 21
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: January 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780766137004
Subjects: Ethics & moral philosophy; Reference works; Religion & Beliefs; Reference; Religion; Religion - Commentaries / Reference
First sentence: SACRIFICE (Introductory and Primitive).-Sacrifice (Lat. sacrificium; sacer, 'holy,' and facere, 'to make') may be defined generally as a rite in the course of which something is forfeited or destroyed, its object being to establish relations between a source of spiritual strength and one in need of such strength, for the benefit of the latter.