1) Beverage 2) Drink
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1) Booze, facetiously 2) Drink 3) Drink, to WC Fields 4) Wine poured to honor a deity
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- (facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage
- a serving (of wine) poured out in honor of a deity
- the act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony
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A libation is a ritual pouring of a liquid as an offering to a god or spirit or in memory of those who have died. It was common in many religions of antiquity and continues to be offered in various cultures today. Various substances have been used for libations, most commonly wine or olive oil, and in India, ghee. The vessels used in the ritual, i...
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• (n.) The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out.
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(from the article `sacrifice`) Among the many life-giving substances that have been used as libations are milk, honey, vegetable and animal oils, beer, wine, and water. Of these, ... ...soma—are made at the same time as the sacrifice, the inventory of ritual objects necessarily includes the stones for pressing the plants, a wooden ...
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Wine or other drink poured out in honour of a deity. Sacrifices were often accompanied by libations, and the Romans at their meals made drink-offerings to their household gods. In Shinto...
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Ritually given portion of food and drink to a deity, nature spirit, ghost, or all.
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Li·ba'tion (li*bā'shŭn)
noun [ Latin
libatio , from
libare to take a little from anything, to taste, to pour out as an offering: confer French
libation .] The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of...
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n] - (facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage 2. [n] - a serving (of wine) poured out in honor of a deity 3. [n] - the act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony
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[Greek mythology] the ritual of pouring out wine or oil upon the ground as a sacrifice to a god. Here it refers to the sacrifice that must be made to please the Furies, to whom the grove is sacred.
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noun the act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony
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[SAT terms] a serving of an alcoholic beverage
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the act of pouring a liquid offering as a religious ceremony
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