immolation

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immolation

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

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From Middle English immolacion, from Middle French immolation, from Old French, from Latin immolatio.

noun immolations

  1. countable, uncountable The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated. Mary heard with sorrow, and fear also, of the projected journey; but the altered expression of Isabella's countenance was a great palliative—dreadful as it was that her husband should love another (and of that distressing fact it was impossible to doubt), his confidence was consoling; and her power
  2. countable, uncountable That which is immolated; a sacrifice.
  3. countable, uncountable The act of maliciously burning a person.

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noun act of immolating

Españolinmolación
中文獻祭 /献祭 xiànjì, 供物 gōngwù
Portuguêsimolação
Françaisimmolation
DeutschAufopferung
Русскийжертвоприноше́ние žertvoprinošénije

noun that which is immolated

Portuguêsimolado
DeutschOpfer
Русскийже́ртва žértva

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"immolation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/immolation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"immolation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/immolation.

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@misc{immolation_2026,
  title = {immolation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/immolation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}