holocausts in English
noun
1
destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.
a nuclear holocaust
2
a Jewish sacrificial offering that is burned completely on an altar.
In open sacrifice, the smoke of their holocaust at the temple is sent aloft with an unspoken prayer to the old gods.
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1. Unless he changes his mind, there may be more holocausts to remember on the Holocaust memorial days to come.
2. As a result of their Christian neutrality, God’s people today have a clean record when it comes to the countless modern-day wars, holocausts, riots, and similar acts of violence.
3. The Hebrew word for Altar is mizbeah [], from a verbal root meaning "to slaughter."Greek renders this word as thusiasterion [qusiasthvrion], "a place of sacrifice."In the developed temple ritual, the same word is used for both the Altar of holocausts and the Altar …