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# sacrificial

«sacrificial» in Mova's school dictionary: **Used or given as an offering to a god, usually by killing…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (no comparative)

### meaning for a pupil

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

### sense in the lessons

a robe or gift given to the gods in old tales

### examples

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sacrificial» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sacrificial/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.