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Hol"ocaust (), n.[L. holocaustum, Gr. , neut. of , , burnt whole; "o'los whole + kaysto°s burnt, fr. kai°ein to burn (cf. Caustic): cf. F. holocauste.] 1. A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations. Milton. 2. Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]
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