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sacrificial [Am ˌsækrəˈfɪʃ(ə)l, Brit sakrəˈfɪʃ(ə)l] ADJ
sacrificial victim/offering:
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- A religious cult, fusing African beliefs and Catholicism, which developed among African Yoruba slaves in Cuba. Followers believe both in a single supreme being and also in orishas, deities who each share an identity with a Christian saint and who combine a force of nature with human characteristics. Rituals involve music, dancing, sacrificial offerings, divination, and going into trances.
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They also indulged in the sacrificial rites and used foodstuffs and animals as offerings.
en.wikipedia.org They come to witness a sacrificial ritual about to take place.
en.wikipedia.org Another common application is in galvanized steel, in which a sacrificial coating of zinc on steel parts protects them from rust.
en.wikipedia.org The Aztec did flower wars to keep subordinate nations symbolically defeated as well as capture sacrificial victims (who were symbolically adopted).
en.wikipedia.org Sacrificial anodes are particularly needed for systems where a static charge is generated by the action of flowing liquids, such as pipelines and watercraft.
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