where human sacrifices were offered

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• Human sacrifice — is the act of homicide (the killing of one or several human beings) in the context of a religious ritual (ritual killing). Its typology closely parallels the various practices of ritual slaughter of animals (animal sacrifice) and of religious… …   Wikipedia

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• To|pheth — To|phet or To|pheth «TOH fiht», noun. 1. hell; Gehenna. 2. a place in the valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where human sacrifices were offered to Moloch. It was later used as a garbage dump and came to symbolize the place of eternal torment.… …   Useful english dictionary

• To|phet — or To|pheth «TOH fiht», noun. 1. hell; Gehenna. 2. a place in the valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where human sacrifices were offered to Moloch. It was later used as a garbage dump and came to symbolize the place of eternal torment. ╂[<… …   Useful english dictionary

• Sacrifice — • This term is identical with the English offering (Latin offerre) and the German Opfer Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sacrifice     Sacrifice      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Fetishism — • The word fetish is derived through the Portuguese feitiço from the Latin factitius (facere, to do, or to make), signifying made by art, artificial (cf. Old English fetys in Chaucer) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fetishism      …   Catholic encyclopedia

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