The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mactation
Mactation \Mac*ta"tion\, n. [L. mactatio, fr. macture to slay, sacrifice.] The act of killing a victim for sacrifice. [Obs.]
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mactation
n. (context obsolete English) The act of killing a victim for sacrifice.
Usage examples of "mactation".
After the necessary ablutions the priest once more began his pious work, while the victim growing bolder so provoked his rage that it was not till the fourth mactation that we rested and put off our joust to another season.