Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of killing a victim for sacrifice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of killing a victim for sacrifice.
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- noun obsolete The act of
killing avictim forsacrifice .
Etymologies
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Examples
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After the necessary ablutions the priest once more began his pious work, while the victim growing bolder so provoked his rage that it was not till the fourth mactation that we rested and put off our joust to another season.
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After the necessary ablutions the priest once more began his pious work, while the victim growing bolder so provoked his rage that it was not till the fourth mactation that we rested and put off our joust to another season.
The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761
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After the necessary ablutions the priest once more began his pious work, while the victim growing bolder so provoked his rage that it was not till the fourth mactation that we rested and put off our joust to another season.
Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 12: Return to Paris Giacomo Casanova 1761
pavonine commented on the word mactation
act of killing,especially a sacrificial victim
November 6, 2007