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Webster 1913 Edition

Holocaust

Hol′o-caust

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Noun.
[L.
holocaustum
, Gr. [GREEK], neut. of [GREEK], [GREEK], burnt whole;
ὅλοσ
whole +
καυστόσ
burnt, fr.
καίειν
to burn (cf.
Caustic
): cf. F.
holocauste
.]
1.
A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations.
Milton.
2.
Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship.
[An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Holocaust

HOL'OCAUST

,
Noun.
[Gr. whole,and burnt, to burn.] A burnt-sacrifice or offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire; a species of sacrifice in use among the Jews and some pagan nations.

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