offering

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈɒfəɹɪŋ/]

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1. offering (noun) — sense 1

Definition: gerund of offer: The act by which something is offered.

2. offering (noun) — sense 2

Definition: gerund of offer: That which has been offered; a sacrifice.

Example: votive offerings

3. offering (noun) — sense 3

Definition: gerund of offer: An oblation or presentation made as a religious act.

Example: In many ways an ancient well-established situation is in Place: a dead military hero has reappeared as a ghost bringing trouble and even death to the officials who come to administer the Hsiang-chou prefecture at An-yang; they build a temple in his honour and make him regular offerings of bloody food; he then protects and supports the administrators who are responsible.

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