How do you pronounce sacrificial?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.fɪʃ.əl/.

sacrificial

/ˈsæk.ɹɪ.fɪʃ.əl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables: sac-ri-fi-cial
IPA: /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.fɪʃ.əl/

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Meaning

adj

Relating to sacrifice.

adj

Used as a sacrifice.

Example Sentences

"The old sacrificial well is still there, but animals aren't thrown into it to appease monsters anymore."
"Rabban Yoḥanan could have succumbed to despair like many at that time. Instead, he looked for alternatives to the sacrificial system, because he understood that it would take a long time to rebuild the Temple and the Jewish people needed other ways to worship God."
"The sacrificial coating protects the hull, but because it takes the damage the hull doesn't, we must replace it annually."
"The ceremony involves the ritual slaying of a sacrificial lamb."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrificiālis (“sacrificial”), from sacrificium (“sacrifice”), from sacrificus (“sacrificial”), from sacrificō (“sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”) + faciō (“do, make”). By surface analysis, sacrifice + -ial.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: sacrificiālis, *dʰeh₁-

Inflected Forms

sacrifical (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

nonsacrificial presacrificial sacrificialism sacrificiality sacrificially sacrificialness unsacrificial

Phrases

sacrificial anode sacrificial hyperconjugation sacrificial lamb sacrificial poet

Rhymes With

official initial artificial judicial beneficial unofficial superficial interstitial prejudicial fishel mischel rishel