sacrificial
Adjective
- used in or connected with a sacrifice
- "sacrificial lamb"
Adj
- Relating to sacrifice
- Used as a sacrifice.
Examples
- The ceremony involves the ritual slaying of a sacrificial lamb.
- The old sacrificial well is still there, but animals aren't thrown into it to appease monsters anymore.
- The sacrificial coating protects the hull, but because it takes the damage the hull doesn't, we must replace it annually.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sacrificiālis (“sacrificial”), from sacrificium (“sacrifice”), from sacrificus (“sacrificial”), from sacrificō (“sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”) + faciō (“do, make”).
Scrabble Score: 18
sacrificial: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsacrificial: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sacrificial: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 21
sacrificial: valid Words With Friends Word