Bible Dictionaries
Holocaust
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]
(2):
(n.) A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Holocaust'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/holocaust.html. 1828.