It was customary, moreover, to pour out wine upon the altar, a so-called libation, as a seal of the offering. From Wordnik.com. [The Scriptural Expositions of Dr. Augustus Neander: I. The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians, Practically Explained.] Reference
Analogous to offering liquid food to be poured out as a libation was the custom of anointing sacred objects or hallowed places. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip] Reference
She poured a glass of champagne into the Grand Canal -- a "libation" for her former beloved: "For Henry," she said in a soft voice. From Wordnik.com. [Lesley M. M. Blume: ICON OF STYLE Nancy Cunard: Heiress, Activist, and Provocateur (PHOTOS)] Reference
R. Simon ben Gamaliel said, “it may all be sold to heathens, excepting the value of the wine of idolatrous libation which is in it.”. From Wordnik.com. [Hebrew Literature] Reference
1 The loss of -a can be seen in the word un 'libation'. From Wordnik.com. [Concerning Pre-Etruscan syncope] Reference
We ought to have poured a kind of libation on the ground! ". From Wordnik.com. [The Three Partners] Reference
Traula type of offering - Modify translation: traula "libation". From Wordnik.com. [New "update page" for news on Etruscan Glossary Draft 001] Reference
Another attendant carries a ewer with the libation. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
The libation-cups were offered thrice in sacrifice. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
We must pour a liberal libation upon the mystic altar. From Wordnik.com. [Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father] Reference
Quick, pour the libation, and give me some of the inwards. From Wordnik.com. [Peace] Reference
"Couldn't we offer a libation or something, on such a morning --". From Wordnik.com. [In and out of Three Normady Inns] Reference
Not a sacrifice, not a libation is there for those who protect you!. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1] Reference
Speedily all pour glad libation on the board, and supplicate the gods. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
Just as the water of libation was regarded as the fluid of the body of. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
Here he uses the words after a libation of a new kind and induced by fear. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2] Reference
Great Mother just as the water of libation was regarded as the fluid of Osiris. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
At an opportune moment the workman pours in a copious libation of boiling water. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882] Reference
To gain them you have but to take this goblet and pour the libation on yonder altar. From Wordnik.com. [The Martyr of the Catacombs A Tale of Ancient Rome] Reference
He stretched forth his hand to make a libation, and offered of the blood of the grape. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
They chanted a prayer in unison and spilled half the wine on the ground as a libation. From Wordnik.com. [Pagan Passions] Reference
The seasick voyager on the ocean bowed humbly over the rail and made libation to Neptune. From Wordnik.com. [Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers] Reference
When sacrificing to the infernal gods the cup containing the libation was filled with blood. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
This was a fatal movement for him, for his eyes received part of the libation destined for his hair. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And he shall offer the third part the same measure of wine for the libation, for a sweet savour to the Lord. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
Sacrifice and libation is cut off from the house of the Lord: the priests, the Lord's ministers, have mourned. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 34: Joel The Challoner Revision] Reference
And for a libation you shall offer of wine the fourth part of a hin for every lamb in the sanctuary of the Lord. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
The two engines were then moved up until they touched and a bottle of wine poured over the last rail as a libation. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad Its Projectors, Construction and History] Reference
What happened is POM Wonderful, the company that single handedly transformed the ungainly pomegranate into a stylish libation. From Wordnik.com. [A Winning Equation] Reference
With one lamb a tenth part of flour tempered with beaten oil, of the fourth part of a hin, and wine for libation of the same measure. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
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