ardere de tot

Romanian

Etymology

Literally, “complete burning”. Calque of Old Church Slavonic вьсесъжежениѥ (vĭsesŭžeženije), in turn calque of Koine Greek ὁλόκαυστον (holókauston).

Noun

ardere de tot f (plural arderi de tot) (religion)

holocaust (burnt offering)

References

arde in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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