Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sacrifical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sac-ri-f-i-cal
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete form of sacrificial.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The Oppoſition inſiſted, that the victims were not fat nor fair enough to be offered on the altars of blaſphemed Regicide; and it was inferred from thence, that the ſacrifical miniſters, (who were a ſort of intruders in the worſhip of the new divinity) in their ſchiſmatical devotion had diſcovered more of hypocriſy than zeal."

Etymology

From Latin sacrificālis. By surface analysis, sacrifice + -al.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: sacrificālis

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more sacrifical (comparative) most sacrifical (superlative)

Questions

What does sacrifical mean?: Obsolete form of sacrificial.
Where does sacrifical come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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