Definition for HOL'O-CAUST

HOL'O-CAUST, n. [Gr. ολος, whole, and καυστος, burnt, from καιω, 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. Ray. Encyc.

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