- mactation
- n заклание жертвы, жертвоприношение
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь. 2001.
mactation
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Mactation — Mac*ta tion, n. [L. mactatio, fr. macture to slay, sacrifice.] The act of killing a victim for sacrifice. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mactation — makˈtāshən noun ( s) Etymology: Late Latin mactation , mactatio, from Latin mactatus (past participle of mactare to honor, sacrifice, slay, slaughter, from mactus worshiped, honored) + ion , io ion : an act of killing; especially : the ritual… … Useful english dictionary
mactation — mac·ta·tion … English syllables
mactation — n. killing, especially sacrificial … Dictionary of difficult words
mactate — verb /mækˈteɪt/ To kill in sacrifice. As has been shown, it is historically true that a vulgar opinion to the effect that <span style= font variant:small caps >Christ</span> was separately mactated in the sacrifices of masses prevailed… … Wiktionary
collection — Synonyms and related words: Festschrift, abundance, accumulation, agglomeration, aggregation, album, alms, alms fee, amassment, ana, analects, anthology, aquarium, assemblage, assembling, assembly, assortment, back number, backlog, band, beauties … Moby Thesaurus
holocaust — Synonyms and related words: annihilation, bloodbath, blue ruin, breakup, burnt offering, butchery, carnage, clawing, collection, conflagration, consumption, cruciation, crucifixion, damnation, decimation, depredation, desolation, despoilment,… … Moby Thesaurus
immolation — Synonyms and related words: bane, blood, bloodletting, bloodshed, braining, burnt offering, collection, dealing death, destruction, destruction of life, dispatch, drink offering, euthanasia, ex voto offering, execution, extermination, flow of… … Moby Thesaurus
incense — Synonyms and related words: adulation, agalloch, agape, aggravate, agitate, aloeswood, annoy, aroma, aromatize, arouse, asperges, aspersion, auricular confession, awake, awaken, balminess, bar mitzvah, bas mitzvah, blandishment, blandness,… … Moby Thesaurus
libation — Synonyms and related words: beverage, bumper, burnt offering, collection, draft, dram, drench, drink, drink offering, drop, ex voto offering, gargle, gulp, guzzle, heave offering, hecatomb, holocaust, human sacrifice, immolation, incense,… … Moby Thesaurus
oblation — Synonyms and related words: Christmas present, award, birthday present, box, burnt offering, cadeau, collection, drink offering, ex voto offering, fairing, gift, handsel, heave offering, hecatomb, holocaust, human sacrifice, immolation, incense,… … Moby Thesaurus
