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sacrificial rites LUcat Search catalogue 294935789

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2012-03-23

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offerriten

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1

MIS
In religion, the act of sanctifying or dedicating an object to a god, as a religious act of self-denial. Through it the giver seeks to enter into communion with a supernatural being. In some religions, and especially in earlier times, an animal or a human being may be killed as a sacrifice (see human sacrifice). Many faiths today encourage believers to give up something they value as a sacrifice, or to give offerings of food (sacrifice. The Hutchinson Encyclopedia, Helicon. Retrieved 04 July 2003, at www.xreferplus.com/entry/1107479)

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294935789

UDC
291.34

MRF
2-538

BT1
religious rituals

UF
libations
sacrifices
scapegoat

BSO
06.03 RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND PRACTICE

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