Meaning of hosticide | Babel Free

Definitions

The act of killing an enemy.

uncountable

Examples

“VVith vinegar make ſpear the ſpoil divide, And lancepreſado be to hoſticide:”

“how can I be safe when so many are privy to our hosticide, as your Lordship terms the death of Overbury.”

“Oh let me in, or witness suicide, Or see me turn on thee a hosticide!”

“For the argument that Milton advocated not regicide but tyrannicide and hosticide, see also Dzelzainis, 'Milton and the Regicide'.”

“I was curious about the fate of Ras Mikael who came to the palace of lyoas as a guest and committed the hosticide.”

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