Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

victimary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vic-ti-ma-ry
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person whose role it is to kill the sacrificial victim(s) during a ritual sacrifice.

adj

Relating to victim(s) or victimhood.

Example Sentences

"Two of the ministri support a pole or brancard, from which hangs a situla (pail with handles); a third has charge of a huge ox, over whose head floats a bird like Progne; whilst a victimary drags by the horns a goat, sacred to Mars."
"Ansay reinserts the victim at the heart of what the violence of independence can signify: the second part of the text leaves behind the revolutionary government's processes of self-construction and represents the experience of independence exclusively from this victimary perspective."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French victimaire, from Latin victimārius, from victima + -ārius.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: victimārius

Inflected Forms

victimaries (plural) more victimary (comparative) most victimary (superlative)

Questions

What does victimary mean?: A person whose role it is to kill the sacrificial victim(s) during a ritual sacrifice.
Where does victimary come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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