They are reported, nevertheless, to be great sacrificers [of human flesh], and are very much set in the customs of their ancestors.
At the point and on the day assigned, all the sacrificers assemble, or possibly one member of each of the families who are in mourning, at times fifty or more.
By his orders, three or four dishes, prodigies of science and of luxury, appear on the altar, which the sacrificers no longer heed.
The horse was bound, thrown upon its back and held tightly by ropes, while the officiating person cut open its breast and pulled out the pulsating heart like the sacrificers of human beings in Ancient Mexico.
The Mongolian Buriats in the vicinity of Lake Baikal, Siberia, are the latest surviving sacrificers of the domesticated animal.
Ashi vanguhi, whom the ancient sacrificers and heroes invoked, together with Ardvicura, for victory, bears traces which can hardly any longer be recognised.
Thrita, a spirit of heaven, who has a place among the sages and sacrificers of old time (p.
As we saw, the Veda distinguishes the sacrificers and sages of the ancient time, the earlier time, and the present (IV.
These sacrificers therfore in taking awaye of the cupp frõ the people they do committ most shamefull sacriledge.
But these sacrificers / lyke men that can do mutch more then Paule / they do come with a straunge tong / which the congregacion vnderstondeth not / and yet neuertheles they bragge that they do muche profite the congregaciõ.
The trampling of hoofs resounded, and the sacrificers placed three black bulls, three white bulls, and a red bull with gilded hoofs and horns on the trap above the two men.
Do you know, child, where are the sacrificersand the people?
The hospital erected under their auspices by the Cambojan king was open to all the four castes and had a staff of 98 persons, besides an astrologer and two sacrificers (yâjaka).
These are allied to the danastutis of the Rigveda, those panegyrics of liberal kings or sacrificers which were the forerunners of epic narratives in praise of warlike princes and heroes.
The poets refer to him as "our father," and speak of sacrificers as "the people of Manu.
With the priests who invented this system of ages the period of the great heroes was naturally placed lower than that of the great sacrificers and saints.
Whereas the Vedic sacrificers propitiated all the gods impartially and regarded ritual as a sacred science giving power over nature, the worshipper of the later deities is generally sectarian and often emotional.
Karl Pearson: "According to the evidence not only the seers but the sacrificers among the early Teutons were women.
Not only the seers, but the sacrificers among the early Teutons were women.
Numerous sacrificers burnt their offerings, while their female companions in long white garments sitting on golden seats prophesied the future.
Losing their breath and feeling choked, the Tsar ran away and the sacrificers and the nation too, but the orcano turned into a perfect rain of stones--not allowing even half of those fleeing to seek shelter.
The sacrificers were sore afraid, but Tohil re-assured them.
After many had perished, suspicions were aroused of the four sacrificers and of their gods, but it was hard to track the pretended animals on the fog-enveloped summits of the Guatemalan heights.
Considering the number of the victims sacrificed, it is probably more correct to suppose that several sacrificers were occupied at the same time.
The kings that Juarros puts on the throne during this period were Balam Kiche, Balam Acam, Maucotah, and Iquibalam, names which are evidently identical with the four high-priests or sacrificers of a much earlier period.
The sons of the sacrificers were as follows; Balam-Quitze begat Qocaib and Qocavib, ancestor of the Cawek, or first Quiche royal family.
Then an assault was determined upon by the numerous tribes against the small forces of the Quiche sacrificers on Mount Hacavitz, but Tohil knew of all their plans, as did Balam-Quitze.
Then the wives of the original sacrificers died, and many of the people left Mount Hacavitz and founded innumerable other towns on the neighboring hills,[XI-14] where their numbers were greatly multiplied.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sacrificers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
