RITUAL KILLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ritual killing mean? 

• RITUAL KILLING (noun)
  The noun RITUAL KILLING has 1 sense:

1. the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity

  Familiarity information: RITUAL KILLING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RITUAL KILLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ritual killing; sacrifice

Hypernyms ("ritual killing" is a kind of...):

kill; killing; putting to death (the act of terminating a life)

Domain category:

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ritual killing"):

hecatomb (a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen)

immolation (killing or offering as a sacrifice)