offerings

noundonation

Synonyms for offerings

noun donation

Antonyms for offerings

withdrawal

Word Origin & History

late Old English offrung "the presenting of something to a deity; a thing so presented," verbal noun from offrian (see offer (v.)). Of presentations to a person from mid-15c.; to the public from 1834.

Example Sentences for offerings

But what a terrible business did the removal of the offerings from the Grotto prove!

The offerings for crossing the frontier were propitious, and he pushed on to Tegea.

On that day the offerings will be most numerous, the crowd densest.

Each donor knelt there upon the road with his or her offerings in a tray in front.

The spirits of the dead are appeased by medicine songs and offerings.

The presentation of offerings was a grave and solemn affair.

They venerate the sun as Dharam Deota, but no offerings are made to him.

It was to Clarence alone that she admitted the significance and purport of these offerings.

It recognises only offerings of flowers, fruits, and the like.

Men were killed for all possible reasons, but never as offerings.