▪ I. † saˈcrific, a.1 Obs. rare—0.
[ad. L. sacrificus, f. sacri-, sacer sacred (sacra neut. pl., sacrifices) + -ficus: see -fic.]
= sacrifical.
1727 Bailey vol. II, Sacrifick, used in Sacrifices. |
▪ II. saˈcrific, a.2 Anat. rare.
[f. mod.L. sacr-um + -fic.]
‘Entering into the composition of the sacrum: as, a sacrific vertebra’ (Cent. Dict. 1891).