'Votive offering' definitions:
Definition of 'Votive offering'
From: GCIDE
- 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"tive*ly}, adv. -- {Vo"tive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'votive offering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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