Definition of "immolation" noun countable and uncountable , plural immolations
The act of immolating , or the state of being immolated , or sacrificed . quotations examples
Quotations Mary heard with sorrow , and fear also , of the projected journey ; but the altered expression of Isabella 's countenance was a great palliative —dreadful as it was that her husband should love another (and of that distressing fact it was impossible to doubt ), his confidence was consoling ; and her power to prove the firmness of her character , her right to his esteem , and the immolation of her happiness to further his desires , had , in itself , the sustainment which belongs to great sacrifice .
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 66