Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The title of the eucharistic preface in the Gallican liturgy: so called because it is an introduction to the sacrifice of the mass. See
preface , 2. - noun The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated.
- noun A sacrificial offering; a sacrifice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed.
- noun That which is immolated; a sacrifice.
- noun Destruction by fire.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
immolating , or the state of beingimmolated , orsacrificed . - noun That which is immolated; a
sacrifice .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun killing or offering as a sacrifice
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ProWomanProLife » When self-immolation is seen as a solution
ProWomanProLife » When self-immolation is seen as a solution 2009
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The reason for His self-immolation is not presented, but the isolation of the deity from his domain and the prolonged nature of His suicide would suggest a supreme being that fell drastically out of touch with those who once worshipped Him.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009
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When self-immolation is seen as a solution My goodness, how desperate are these young women?
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When self-immolation is seen as a solution My goodness, how desperate are these young women?
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When self-immolation is seen as a solution My goodness, how desperate are these young women?
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Updates, 4/9: "You end by admiring Boyle and Garland's powered-up determination to push through the 'space' we know - that darkness where no one can hear you scream - into a space where light riots, sound cataracts, sensation spins, and each human, eyeballing the spectre of immolation, is forced into a last showdown with himself," writes Nigel Andrews in the Financial Times.
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This obsession with single combat and possible self-immolation is admitted by Nabokov to be poignant because, as he bluntly put it, "the poet's dream came true."
A Doomed Young Man 2005
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This obsession with single combat and possible self-immolation is admitted by Nabokov to be poignant because, as he bluntly put it, "the poet's dream came true."
A Doomed Young Man 2005
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ProWomanProLife » When self-immolation is seen as a solution 2009
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The immolation is the conclusion or consummation of the act of sacrifice.
Archive 2007-06-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2007
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"We shouldn't force him into immolation." -Charlaine Harris, Living Dead in Dallas
December 11, 2010