Immolation comes from the Latin word immolat-, meaning “sprinkled with sacrificial meal.” Immolation always involves a sacrifice or offering of some sort. The word often invokes burning, a common method of sacrifice.

What does connoisseurship mean?

1 : expert especially : one who understands the details, technique, or principles of an art and is competent to act as a critical judge a connoisseur of music.

What part of speech is immolate?

verb (used with object), im·mo·lat·ed, im·mo·lat·ing.