Immolation

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed.

(2): ( n.) That which is immolated; a sacrifice.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Lat. immolatio) is the name of a ceremony performed in the sacrifices of the Romans. It consisted in throwing some sort of corn or frankincense, together with the mola or salt cake, and a little wine, on the head of the victim. See Brande and Cox, Dict. of Science, Lit., and Art, 2, 197. (See Sacrifice). (J. H.W.)