He wants to do this so she can't be ritually sacrificed, which would give her father great power.

Then it is ritually sacrificed when the stars are right.

A series of bodies appears, some dead by suicide and others ritually sacrificed.

The male child previously mentioned was ritually sacrificed in this way.

They live on the blood of others, ritually sacrificing thousands, tearing out their hearts.

It is often made of lamb from animals ritually sacrificed during the festival.

In many ancient cultures, indeed, the king was ritually sacrificed after a stipulated period of time.

They were then brought to the city to be ritually sacrificed so the city could prosper.

As if I'd asked whether she ritually sacrificed cats every Wednesday at the stroke of midnight.

A cow or horse would be ritually sacrificed on the first day of rice paddy cultivation, a ritual introduced from China.