单词 | thank-offering |
释义 | thank-offeringn. In the Levitical law, An offering presented as an expression of gratitude to God; hence in ordinary use, An offering or gift made by way of thanks or acknowledgement. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [noun] > in thanksgiving peace offering1530 thank-offering1530 sacrifice of praise (and thanksgiving)1535 the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > gift in acknowledgement of favour fee1599 acknowledgement1628 thank-offering1888 bonsella1898 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Lev. vii. f. xi Yf he offer to geue thanckes, he shall brynge vnto his thanckofferynge [1560 Geneva for his thankes offring]: swete cakes myngled with oyle. 1539 Bible (Great) 2 Chron. xxxiii. 16 He..sacrificed theron peace offerynges, & thank offerynges. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. xlix. 171 He dedicated the waggon in the citadel, as a thank-offering to the king of the gods. 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men I. i. 45 He sent at once a thank-offering for distribution among the poor. 1921 G. O'Donovan Vocations xi. 171 The united prayers of the nuns were a thanks-offering to God for her. 1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid vi. 118 A thanks-offering to Phoebus. 1978 Washington Post 7 Mar. a13/2 Oberammergau..has performed the Passion play every 10 years for centuries as a thanks offering for the end of the plague. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1530 |
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