a sacrifice at the beginning of a military campaign

  • created sense approved 祃/禡 · mà · [ancient ritual] — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    祃 / 禡

    [ancient ritual]

    (bound form) an ancient religious ritual performed by an army when setting out for war or when encamping at a new location.

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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