Obs. [ad. L. victimāri-us, f. victima VICTIM sb. So F. victimaire.] A slayer of sacrificial victims.
1652. Gaule, Magastrom., 373. So they were burned by the victimaries or sacrificers themselves, in the sight of all the people. Ibid. (1669), Crt. Gentiles, I. II. ix. 261. Amongst the Romans, the Priest did not kil the Victime, but the Popa or Victimarie, at the beck of the Priest.
1778. Apthorp, Preval. Chr., 298. Who had the same office as the latin papæ and victimaries, that of killing the victims.
