Found 2 hits - Term: votive offering, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
votive \vo"tive\, a. l. votivus, fr. votum a vow: cf. f. votif.
see vow.
given by vow, or in fulfillment of a vow; consecrated by a
vow; devoted; as, votive offerings; a votive tablet. "votive
incense." --keble.
1913 webster
we reached a votive stone, that bears the name
of aloys reding. --wordsworth.
1913 webster
embellishments of flowers and votive garlands.
--motley.
1913 webster
votive medal, a medal struck in grateful commemoration of
some auspicious event.
votive offering, an offering in fulfillment of a religious
vow, as of one's person or property.
1913 webster -- vo"tively, adv. -- vo"tiveness, n.
1913 webster
see also:
vow votive medal votive offering vo"tively vo"tiveness
- [2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
38 moby thesaurus words for "votive offering":
alms, alms fee, burnt offering, charity, collection, contribution,
dole, donation, donative, drink offering, ex voto offering,
handout, heave offering, hecatomb, holocaust, human sacrifice,
immolation, incense, infanticide, libation, mactation, oblation,
offering, offertory, peace offering, piacular offering, pittance,
sacramental offering, sacrifice, scapegoat, self-immolation,
self-sacrifice, subscription, suttee, sutteeism, thank offering,
tithe, whole offering
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