It includes a lament about the symbolic human sacrifice of Jephthah's daughter, with the daughter being the singer.

"Whether or not the situation is hopeless depends on how much this is a policy statement, or a symbolic sacrifice."

But never had I seen more than a symbolic sacrifice.

In Yoruban medicine they also use dances, spiritual baths, symbolic sacrifice, song/prayer, and a change of diet to help cure the sick.

Aaron thinks of himself as a symbolic sacrifice for the 'last boy' in Prentisstown and tries to provoke Todd into killing him.

Apostasy in the form of symbolic sacrifice continued to be enough to set a Christian free.

The procurator Hilarianus tried to make Perpetua perform a symbolic sacrifice for the sake of her father.

That is why Kaula adepts also perform symbolic external sacrifices making use of a sacred place and various rituals.

But Mr. Wilson insisted that there could be "no question of a symbolic sacrifice," and persuaded him to become home secretary.

(which is generally accepted as a purely symbolic sacrifice already in Rigvedic times).