| Pronunciation: | | 'heku`towm
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[n] a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen |
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HECATOMB is a 8 letter word that starts with H. |
| | See Also: | | ritual killing, sacrifice |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Hec"a*tomb\, n. [L. hecatombe, Gr. ?; ? hundred + ?
ox: cf. F. h['e]catombe.] (Antiq.)
A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time;
hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of
victims.
Slaughtered hecatombs around them bleed. --Addison.
More than a human hecatomb. --Byron.
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