Service and quality have been sacrificed on the altar of profit.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
be sacrificed on the altar of something — be sacrificed on the altar of (something) formal to be destroyed by an activity, system or belief that is bad but more important or more powerful. Service and quality have been sacrificed on the altar of profit … New idioms dictionary
sacrifice (something) on the altar of (something) — to destroy something in order to obtain something else. He sacrificed his family life on the altar of his ambition and greed … New idioms dictionary
altar — [[t]ɔ͟ːltə(r)[/t]] altars 1) N COUNT An altar is a holy table in a church or temple. ...the high altar at Chichester Cathedral. 2) PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR n If you say that someone or something is sacrificed at the altar of another thing, you … English dictionary
ALTAR — (Heb. מִזְבֵּח, mizbe aḥ, derived from the root zbḥ (זבח), meaning to slaughter (as a sacrifice) ), originally the place where sacrificial slaughter was performed (e.g., the sacrifice of Isaac in Gen. 22). According to biblical law however,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
The Rite of Constantinople (Byzantine Rite) — The Rite of Constantinople † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Rite of Constantinople (Also BYZANTINE RITE.) The Liturgies, Divine Office, forms for the administration of sacraments and for various blessings, sacramentals, and exorcisms … Catholic encyclopedia
The Alexandrine Liturgy — The Alexandrine Liturgy † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Alexandrine Liturgy The tradition of the Church of Egypt traces its origin to the Evangelist St. Mark, the first Bishop of Alexandria, and ascribes to him the parent liturgy from… … Catholic encyclopedia
The Morrison Triptych — refers to a religious 3 paneled object credited to the artist known as The Master of the Morrison Triptych . The object is named for the last private owner, Alfred Morrison and is currently on display at the Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo, Ohio.… … Wikipedia
Altar — For other uses, see Altar (disambiguation). Detail from Religion, Charles Sprague Pearce (1896). Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C … Wikipedia
The City of the Dead (film) — Infobox Film name = City of the Dead image size = caption = director = John Llewellyn Moxey producer = Max Rosenberg Milton Subotsky Donald Taylor writer = George Baxt Desmond Dickinson narrator = starring = Venetia Stevenson Christopher Lee… … Wikipedia
Sacrificed — Sacrifice Sac ri*fice (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sacrificed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sacrificing}.] [From {Sacrifice}, n.: cf. F. sacrifier, L. sacrificare; sacer sacred, holy + ficare (only in comp.) to make. See { fy}.] 1. To make an offering of; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
