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A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims.

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  1. n. A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims.
  2. n. a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen
  3. A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims. Slaughtered hecatombs around them bleed. Addison. More than a human hecatomb. Byron.
  4. A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time;hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims.Slaughtered hecatombs around them bleed. Addison.More than a human hecatomb. Byron.
  5. n:100 n. a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen