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victimatio

victimatio [CL victimare+-tio] 1 act of offering in sacrifice, sacrificing (also fig.). agnus de toto grege electus certum suae ~onis diem expectabat Bede Mark 244A; Dominus eadem hora ‥ ubi legalis Paschae decreta complevit egressus est cum eis statim ad locum orationis, ubi comprehensus a judaeis ‥ jam sacramenta beatae suae ~onis inchoaret Ib. 244B; animalia ‥ nunc evangelistas, nunc totam significant ecclesiam, cujus fortitudo in leone, ~o in vitulo Id. Apoc. 144B. 2 mortification (of the flesh). tertia mors ejus fuit ~o proprie carnis. ad Colossenses: ‘mortificate membra vestra’ [Col. iii 5] J. St. Giles Serm. 283; ~oni tue T. Chobham Commend. Virt. 158 (v. victimare 2b).

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