Definition of offering

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Offering (n.) 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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Propination :: Propination (n.) The act of pledging, or drinking first, and then offering the cup to another..
Sin :: Sin (n.) A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
Votive :: Votive (a.) Given by vow, or in fulfillment of a vow; consecrated by a vow; devoted; as, votive offerings; a votive tablet..
Offering :: Offering (n.) The act of an offerer; a proffering.
Presentation :: Presentation (n.) The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal..
Oblation :: Oblation (n.) The act of offering, or of making an offering..
Presentment :: Presentment (n.) The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them, as, the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, or the like; also, an inquisition of office and indictment by a grand jury; an official accusation presented to a tribunal by the grand jury in an indictment, or the act of offering an indictment; also, the indictment itself..
Alternative :: Alternative (a.) Offering a choice of two things.
Ex-voto :: Ex-voto (n.) An offering to a church in fulfillment of a vow.
Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite..
Proposition :: Proposition (n.) The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.
Oblationer :: Oblationer (n.) One who makes an offering as an act worship or reverence.
Offer :: Offer (v. t.) The act of offering, bringing forward, proposing, or bidding; a proffer; a first advance..
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..
Presentation :: Presentation (n.) The act of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice; the right of presenting a clergyman.
Offertory :: Offertory (n.) The act of offering, or the thing offered..
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..
Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (v. i.) To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice..
Deodate :: Deodate (n.) A gift or offering to God.
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