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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 618 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HOLOCAUST (Gr. b'orcavcrov, or okbeavrov, wholly burnt)  , strictly a See also:sacrifice wholly destroyed by See also:fire, such as the sacrifices of the See also:Jews, described in the See also:Pentateuch as " whole burnt offerings " (see SACRIFICE) . The See also:term is now often applied to a See also:catastrophe on a large See also:scale, whether by fire or not, or to a See also:massacre or slaughter .

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