libation
About 0.31 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The act of pouring a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.
- noun The wine or liquid thus poured out.
- noun A beverage, especially an alcoholic one.
Similar words
bearers ablution bibation lutation oblation potation drinking pouring sacrifice lustration
Often followed by
to of bearers and is on in was from
Word family
libationary libations
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