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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