Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The pouring of a liquid offering as a religious ritual.
- noun The liquid so poured.
- noun A beverage, especially an intoxicating beverage.
- noun The act of drinking an intoxicating beverage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of pouring a liquid, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity.
- noun The wine or other liquid poured out in honor of a deity; a drink-offering.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
act ofpouring aliquid orliquor , usuallywine , either on the ground or on avictim insacrifice , inhonor of somedeity . - noun The wine or liquid thus poured out.
- noun A
beverage , especially analcoholic one (often used humorously).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a serving (of wine) poured out in honor of a deity
- noun the act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony
- noun (facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Analogous to offering liquid food to be poured out as a libation was the custom of anointing sacred objects or hallowed places.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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It was customary, moreover, to pour out wine upon the altar, a so-called libation, as a seal of the offering.
The Scriptural Expositions of Dr. Augustus Neander: I. The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians, Practically Explained. 1789-1850 1853
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She poured a glass of champagne into the Grand Canal -- a "libation" for her former beloved: "For Henry," she said in a soft voice.
Lesley M. M. Blume: ICON OF STYLE Nancy Cunard: Heiress, Activist, and Provocateur (PHOTOS) Lesley M. M. Blume 2010
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She poured a glass of champagne into the Grand Canal -- a "libation" for her former beloved: "For Henry," she said in a soft voice.
Lesley M. M. Blume: ICON OF STYLE Nancy Cunard: Heiress, Activist, and Provocateur (PHOTOS) Lesley M. M. Blume 2010
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She poured a glass of champagne into the Grand Canal -- a "libation" for her former beloved: "For Henry," she said in a soft voice.
Lesley M. M. Blume: ICON OF STYLE Nancy Cunard: Heiress, Activist, and Provocateur (PHOTOS) Lesley M. M. Blume 2010
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Or perhaps the term "libation" would be better than "feast," for the show unfurls largely on designer Kevin Rigdon's atmospheric Bronx pub set, with a beer-pitcher-laden table and a bottle-crammed bar flanking a window often streaked with rain.
In 'Charming Billy,' finely drawn characters breathe life into a barroom requiem Celia Wren 2011
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She poured a glass of champagne into the Grand Canal -- a "libation" for her former beloved: "For Henry," she said in a soft voice.
Lesley M. M. Blume: ICON OF STYLE Nancy Cunard: Heiress, Activist, and Provocateur (PHOTOS) Lesley M. M. Blume 2010
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It's empowering for artists to go through with making their own presentations, to share mailing lists, to learn how to hang art, especially in consort with other artists, even to figure out what kind of libation to arrange.
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A "libation" for the gods, traditionally, is drink that is poured out onto an object or the ground, a sacrifice, and that may seem to be what Heidegger has in mind here: indeed he calls the drink for gods "Spende und Opfer", donation and sacrifice.
Archive 2008-10-01 enowning 2008
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A "libation" for the gods, traditionally, is drink that is poured out onto an object or the ground, a sacrifice, and that may seem to be what Heidegger has in mind here: indeed he calls the drink for gods "Spende und Opfer", donation and sacrifice.
enowning enowning 2008
brtom commented on the word libation
"Will immensely splendiferous stander permit one stooder of most extreme poverty and one largesize grandacious thirst to terminate one expensive inaugurated libation?"
Joyce, Ulysses, 14
January 27, 2007