sacrifice

Japanese: sacrifice
sacrifice

…There are various ways to classify religious rites, but in religious studies and cultural anthropology, rites that involve the killing of animals or the destruction of offerings are generally called sacrifices. Originally, this word comes from the Latin sacer + facere, meaning "to make sacred," and corresponds to the Japanese words sacrifice (ikenie) and kugi (kugi). …

*Some terminology explanations that mention "sacrifice" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…宗教儀礼の分類の仕方には種々あるが,儀礼において,動物等の殺害ないし供物の破壊をともなう儀礼を,宗教学,文化人類学では一般に犠牲sacrificeと呼んでいる。もともとこの言葉はラテン語でsacer+facere,つまり〈聖なるものにする〉という意味を含み,日本語の生贄(いけにえ),供犠(くぎ)に該当する。…

※「sacrifice」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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