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animal sacrifice (Q2142916)

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formal, ritualized killing of an animal as a sacred act
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    animal sacrifice
    formal, ritualized killing of an animal as a sacred act

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      goat being sacrificed for the traditional Christmas dinner in Margarita Island, Venezuela (English)
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      cow being sacrificed for Eid al-Adha in Malaysia (English)
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      Sacrifice boar Louvre G112.jpg
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      Greek sacrifice of a boar depicted on an Attic red-figure cup, ca. 510 BC–500 BCE (English)
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      Roman sacrifice Louvre Ma992.jpg
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      Roman sacrifice of cattle depicted in a marble architectural relief from early 2nd century CE (English)
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      Jewish high priest offering a sacrifice of a goat on the Day of Atonement (English)
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      buffalo calf about to be sacrificed by a priest in the Durga Puja festival in India (English)
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      horse skeletons in the Sacrificial Horse Pit in the tomb of Duke Jing of Qi who died in 490 BCE in China (English)
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      sacrifice (matagh) of a rooster at the entrance of a monastery church in Alaverdi, Armenia, 2009 (English)
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      Ainu sacrifice of a bear (iomante), circa 1930 (English)
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      Animal sacrifice
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