Sacrificer

sac·ri·fice  (skr-fs)

n.

1.

a. The act of offering something to a deity in propitiation or homage, especially the ritual slaughter of an animal or a person.

b. A victim offered in this way.

2.

a. Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

b. Something so forfeited.

3.

a. Relinquishment of something at less than its presumed value.

b. Something so relinquished.

c. A loss so sustained.

4. Baseball A sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly.

v. sac·ri·ficed, sac·ri·fic·ing, sac·ri·fic·es

v.tr.

1. To offer as a sacrifice to a deity.

2. To forfeit (one thing) for another thing considered to be of greater value.

3. To sell or give away at a loss.

v.intr.

1. To make or offer a sacrifice.

2. Baseball To make a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sacrificium : sacer, sacred; see sacred + facere, to make; see dh- in Indo-European roots.]

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sacri·ficer n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sacrificer - a religious person who offers up a sacrifice religious person - a person who manifests devotion to a deity