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Webster 1913 Edition
Hecatomb
Hec′a-tomb
,Noun.
[L.
hecatombe
, Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] hundred + [GREEK] ox: cf. F. hécatombe
.] (Antiq.)
A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims.
Slaughtered
hecatombs
around them bleed. Addison.
More than a human
hecatomb
. Byron.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hecatomb
HEC'ATOMB
,Noun.
In antiquity, a sacrifice of a hundred altars, and by a hundred priests.