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    From =?UTF-8?B?UmFza29sbnlrb3Y=?=@5oka5900d@mozmail.com to soc.culture.russian on Thu Dec 12 00:40:09 2024
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    holocaust
    1. destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.
    2. a sacrifice in which the offering was burned completely on an altar (a.k.a "burnt offering")
    Exodus 29:18 KJV
    And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD:
    it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
    Another sources explains:
    The word "holocaust" originally derived from the Koine Greek word holokauston, meaning
    "a completely (holos) burnt (kaustos) sacrificial offering," or "a burnt sacrifice
    offered to a god."
    In Hellenistic religion, gods of the earth and underworld received dark animals,
    which were offered by night and burnt in full.
    in the LORD God Merciful, Almighty
    Amen
    a disciple
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