Definition/Meaning of holocaust

• English - Noun: holocaust ( plural holocausts ) A sacrifice that is completely burned to ashes . [from the 13th c] 1526 , William Tyndale , trans . Bible , Mark XII: And to love a mans nehbour as hymsilfe, ys a greater thynge then all holocaustes and sacrifises. 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne , Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III .3: in the holocaust or burnt-offering of Moses , the gall was cast away: for , as Ben Maimon…
• English - Etymology: From French holocauste , from Late Latin holocaustum , from the neuter form of Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος ( holókaustos ), from ὅλος ( hólos , “ whole ” ) + καύστος ( kaústos , “ burnt ” ), from καίω ( kaíō , “ I burn ” )
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK ) IPA (key) : /ˈhɒləkɔːst/ ( US ) IPA (key) : /ˈhɑləkɔst/ ( cot – caught merger ) IPA (key) : /ˈhɑləkɑst/
• English - See also: burnt offering ethnic cleansing pogrom
• English - References: Lewis M . Paternoster and Ruth Frager-Stone, Three Dimensions of Vocabulary Growth , second edition (Amsco School Publications , 1998) Oxford Dictionary: holocaust “holocaust” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary , Merriam-Webster Online “holocaust” in Dictionary . com Unabridged , v1 . 0 . 1 , Lexico Publishing Group , 2006.