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Quadragesimals :: Quadragesimals (n. pl.) Offerings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese on Mid-Lent Sunday.

Oblation :: Oblation (n.) The act of offering, or of making an offering..

Prayer :: Prayer (v. i.) The act of addressing supplication to a divinity, especially to the true God; the offering of adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving to the Supreme Being; as, public prayer; secret prayer..

Defensible :: Defensible (a.) Capable of offering defense.

Incense :: Incense (n.) The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity.

Offering :: Offering (n.) A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a missionary offering. Specif.: (Ch. of Eng.) Personal tithes payable according to custom, either at certain seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as marriages or christenings..

Corban :: Corban (n.) An offering of any kind, devoted to God and therefore not to be appropriated to any other use; esp., an offering in fulfillment of a vow..

Mothering :: Mothering (n.) A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother church to make offerings at the high altar..

Offertory :: Offertory (n.) The Scripture sentences said or sung during the collection of the offerings.

Propination :: Propination (n.) The act of pledging, or drinking first, and then offering the cup to another..

Laver :: Laver (n.) One of several vessels in Solomon's Temple in which the offerings for burnt sacrifices were washed.

Altarage :: Altarage (n.) The offerings made upon the altar, or to a church..

Parsonage :: Parsonage (n.) A certain portion of lands, tithes, and offerings, for the maintenance of the parson of a parish..

Lustrate :: Lustrate (v. t.) To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.

Offer :: Offer (v. t.) The act of offering, bringing forward, proposing, or bidding; a proffer; a first advance..

Presentation :: Presentation (n.) The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal..

Corsepresent :: Corsepresent (n.) An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body.

Sacrificatory :: Sacrificatory (n.) Offering sacrifice.

Obvention :: Obvention (n.) The act of happening incidentally; that which happens casually; an incidental advantage; an occasional offering.

Khutbah :: Khutbah (n.) An address or public prayer read from the steps of the pulpit in Mohammedan mosques, offering glory to God, praising Mohammed and his descendants, and the ruling princes..

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