sacrificer
One who relinquishes
A sacrificer is one who sacrifices—whether offering something to a deity, giving up something valued for a greater purpose, or making offerings in religious ritual.
The term appears in both religious contexts the sacrificer prepared the altar and secular ones She was the sacrificer of her own ambitions for her children's futures.
Sacred ritual table
- offeringSomething presented or given
- immolationSacrificial killing, often burning
- libationCeremonial drink offering
- oblationReligious gift offering
rite · ceremony · slaughter · bloodletting · propitiation · consecration · invocation · ritualist
Victim for beliefs
- heroOne admired for courage
- giverOne who bestows
- altruistSelfless benefactor of others
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
renunciation · abnegation · self-denial · forfeiture · relinquishment · surrender · dedication · commitment
One who performs sacraments
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
- priestessFemale religious officiant
- devoteeZealous admirer or follower
- worshipperOne who venerates
supplicant · acolyte · temple · deity · sacred · holy · divinity · piety
One who contributes freely
- philanthropistDonor to charitable causes
- patronRegular supporter or customer
- contributorOne who provides something
- supporterOne who backs another
sponsor · volunteer · provider · backer · almsgiver · underwriter · humanitarian · benefactor
altar
Sacred ritual table
- offeringSomething presented or given
- immolationSacrificial killing, often burning
- libationCeremonial drink offering
oblation · rite · ceremony · slaughter · bloodletting · propitiation · consecration · invocation · ritualist · officiant
martyr
Victim for beliefs
selflessness · renunciation · abnegation · self-denial · forfeiture · relinquishment · surrender · dedication · commitment · noble
priest
One who performs sacraments
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
- priestessFemale religious officiant
- devoteeZealous admirer or follower
worshipper · supplicant · acolyte · temple · deity · sacred · holy · divinity · piety · faith
donor
One who contributes freely
- philanthropistDonor to charitable causes
- patronRegular supporter or customer
- contributorOne who provides something
supporter · sponsor · volunteer · provider · backer · almsgiver · underwriter · humanitarian · benefactor · giver
sacrificerhoarder
One who amasses excessively
accumulator · miser · keeper · collector · amasser
sacrificerhedonist
Seeker of sensual satisfaction
egoist · narcissist · pleasure-seeker · sybarite · glutton
- sacrificial loveCaring through personal cost
- ultimate sacrificeDying for a cause
- sacrificial lambOne offered for others' benefit
- human sacrificeRitual offering of life
- heroic sacrificeDying to save others
- blood sacrificeRitual killing for deities
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