Middle English Dictionary Entry
holocaust n.
Entry Info
| Forms | holocaust n. Also holocaustom, -um. |
| Etymology | L holocaustum, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A burnt offering.
Associated quotations
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1319 : God wile ðe taken of werlde nigt, And of ðe seluen holocaustum hauen.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1326 : Ysaac was leid ðat auter on, So men sulden holocaust don.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)Heb.10.6 : Holocaustes for synne ne plesede þe noȝt.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Heb.10.8 : Þou noldist oblacyouns and holocaustomys [L holocaustomata].
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.81 : Takenyd is be the..presseure the autiere of holocaust and oblacionne.
- ?a1500 Job (Hnt HM 140)27 : Job for all his Children..prayth vnto his deyte, That his oblacion and holocaust myght habond.