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burnt offering
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Offering \Of"fer*ing\, n.
1. The act of an offerer; a proffering.
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2. That which is offered, esp. in divine service; that which
is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a
free gift; a sacrifice; an oblation; as, sin offering.
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They are polluted offerings more abhorred
Than spotted livers in the sacrifice. --Shak.
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3. 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.
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[None] to the offering before her should go.
--Chaucer.
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Burnt offering, Drink offering, etc. See under Burnt.
etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Burnt \Burnt\, p. p. & a. Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun. [1913 Webster] Burnt ear, a black, powdery fungus which destroys grain. See Smut. Burnt offering, something offered and burnt on an altar, as an atonement for sin; a sacrifice. The offerings of the Jews were a clean animal, as an ox, a calf, a goat, or a sheep; or some vegetable substance, as bread, or ears of wheat or barley. Called also burnt sacrifice. --[2 Sam. xxiv. 22.] [1913 Webster]
