Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The practice of eating flesh; zoöphagy; carnivorousness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The practice of eating flesh.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The practice of eating
flesh .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek. See sarcophagus.
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Examples
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They hint at flesh - eating lilies by the pond at the path's end, and you find nothing more prone to sarcophagy than harmless primulas.
She Stands Accused 1935
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A strictly logical conclusion from the words of promise: "he that eateth me the same also shall live by me", this Totality of Presence was also the constant property of tradition, which characterized the partaking of separated parts of the Savior as a sarcophagy (flesh-eating) altogether derogatory to
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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