Obs. rare–1. [ad. Gr. θυσιαστήριον (LXX. and N.T.), f. θυσιάζειν to sacrifice, f. θυσιά a sacrifice.) An altar.
1657. Reeve, God’s Plea, 349. The Altar of Haliæus defended all that fled to it, and so would such a Thysiastery raised up in your City.
