Hŏl'o-caust

m. [Lat. holocaustum, Gr. ὁλόκαυστον, from ὅλος, whole, and καυστός, burnt, καίειν, to burn; Fr. holocauste.] A burnt sacrifice or offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire;—a species of sacrifice in use among the Jews and some pagan nations. Milton.