Definition of Holoceust
Hol"o*caust (?), n. [L.
holocaustum, Gr. &?;, neut. of &?;, &?;, burnt whole;
"o'los whole + kaysto`s burnt, fr.
kai`ein 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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A sacrifice that is completely burned to ashes.
- The state-sponsored mass murder of an ethnic group
- An atrocity committed on a group of people.
Holocaust- The mass murder of Jews and other undesirables by the Nazi regime during World War II.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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