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Webster 1913 Edition

Mactation

Mac-ta′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
mactatio
, fr.
macture
to slay, sacrifice.]
The act of killing a victim for sacrifice.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Mactation

MACTA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. macto, to kill.]
The act of killing a victim for sacrifice.

Definition 2024

mactation

mactation

English

Noun

mactation ‎(countable and uncountable, plural mactations)

  1. (archaic) The act of killing a victim for sacrifice.

Etymology

From Latin mactātiō, from mactō ‎(“I sacrifice, slaughter”).

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