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ˈpeace-ˌoffering
[f. peace n. + offering.]
1. In the Eng. Bible, as a term of the Levitical law, An offering or sacrifice presented as an expression of thanksgiving to God.
In Heb. zebaχ hashshĕlāmīm, or simply shelem, pl. shĕlāmīm, prob. more accurately, ‘thank-offering’.
1535Coverdale 1 Macc. i. 45 Antiochus..forbad ether burntofferynge, meatofferynge or peaceofferynge [R. V. whole burnt offerings and sacrifice and drink offerings] to be made. 1539Bible (Great) Lev. vii. 11 This is the lawe of the peaceoffringe [Coverd. healthofferinge]. Ibid. 15 The flesh of the thankoffrynge in hys peaceoffringes [Coverd., The flesh of the thankofferynge in his healthofferynges; Bishops', the fleashe of his peace offeringes for thankesgeuing; Geneva, the flesh of the peace offerings for thankes-giuing; 1611, the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiuing]. 1611Bible Lev. iii. 1 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering [R.V. (1885) peace offerings; marg. Or, thank offerings]. 1698Bp. Patrick Comm. Lev. iii. 1 They seem to me to have given the best account of this, who..think these were called Peace-offerings, because they were principally thankful acknowledgments of Mercies received from God's Bounty. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 198 Peace-offerings, as tokens of the willing thankfulness of souls at peace with God.
2. An offering made to make or obtain peace; a propitiatory sacrifice or gift.
a1661Fuller Worthies, Staffs. (1840) III. 133 They [Dudley and Empson] were made a peace-offering to popular anger 1510, and were executed at Tower-hill. 1776Burney Hist. Mus. I. 275 note, According to Homer's account..it was given by..[Mercury] to Apollo, as a peace-offering, and indemnification for the oxen which he had stolen. 1848Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxiv, An elegant little present, which I had brought..as a peace-offering to Mrs. Ponto. |