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libation

[lahy-bey-shuhn] / laɪˈbeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
oblation
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Their fourth and latest album, "Libation" is an offering for "the blessings that our music has brought us".

From Reuters • Jul. 29, 2014

Others shivered, in thin dresses or T-shirts, prepared for the heat inside packed nightclubs with names like Viktor and Spoils, Hotel Chantelle and Libation.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2012

Location, Libation, Libation A tale of two quintessential Argentine beverages: wine and yerba mate.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 2012

He said, and to the everlasting Gods The firstlings sacrificed of all, then made Libation, and the cup placed in the hands Of city-spoiler Laertiades Sitting beside his own allotted share.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

The Chiefs he found and Senators within Libation pouring to the vigilant spy Mercurius, whom with wine they worshipp’d last 170 Of all the Gods, and at the hour of rest.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William




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