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Meaning of scape-animal | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An animal that has symbolically had human diseases and sins transferred to it and then is sent out alive into the wilderness to carry away the afflictions.

Examples

“A very common one was to take an animal and, after various ceremonies, to sprinkle it with blood and let it loose as a scape-animal, carrying the disease away.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

scape-bird scape-wheel scapegallows Scapegoat scapegoater Scapegoating

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