sacrificer

American  

[sak-ruh-fahys-er] / ˈsæk rəˌfaɪs ər /

noun

plural

sacrificers

1. a person, such as a worshiper or priest, who offers a religious sacrifice.

2. someone who gives up personal desires, time, or other resource, for the good of others or to achieve a goal.

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Other Word Forms

• self-sacrificer noun

Example Sentences

Mama doesn’t mean “I love you, sweet angel-woman, sacrificer of sleep, career, and buttock firmness.”

From Salon • May 13, 2013

And now the Çatapatha-Brāhmana says explicitly: "The moon verily is the divine dog; he looks down upon the cattle of the sacrificer."

From Cerberus, The Dog of Hades The History of an Idea by Bloomfield, Maurice

There is a curious case of isolation in a hut in a process by which the sacrificer of the soma in the Vedic religion becomes divine, quoted by Hubert et Mauss, Mélanges, p.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde

With them went a herald and the sacrificer, and two bands of youths and 88maidens.

From Ancient Art and Ritual by Harrison, Jane Ellen

The sacrificer was mystically identified with the victim, which was regarded as the ransom for sin, and the instrument of its annulment.

From Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning by Doane, T. W.