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Sacrifice is the offering of food, objects or the lives of animals to a higher purpose, in particular divine beings, as an act of propitiation or worship. While ''sacrifice'' often implies ritual killing, the term offering (Latin ''oblatio'') can be used for bloodless sacrifices of cereal food or artifacts. For offerings of liquids (beverages) by pouring, the term libation is used. ==Terminology== The Latin term ''sacrificium'' (a sacrifice) derived from Latin ''sacrificus'' (performing priestly functions or sacrifices), which combined the concepts ''sacra'' (sacred things) and ''facere'' (to do or perform).〔 〕 The Latin word ''sacrificium'' came to apply to the Christian eucharist in particular, sometimes named a "bloodless sacrifice" to distinguish it from blood sacrifices. In individual non-Christian ethnic religions, terms translated as "sacrifice" include the Indic ''yajna'', the Greek ''thusia'', the Germanic ''blōtan'', the Semitic ''qorban''/''qurban'', Slavic żertwa, etc. The term ''sacrifice'' also occurs metaphorically to label selfless good deeds for others or a short-term loss in return for a greater power gain, such as in a game of chess. Recently it has also come into use as meaning "doing without something" or "giving something up" (see also self-sacrifice).〔 http://www.javno.com/en-economy/sacrifices-needed-to-fix-auto-crisis_240289〕〔http://www.state.ny.us/governor/press/0822072.html〕〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「sacrifice」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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