Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sacrifice made to God by the ancient Hebrews at the Temple in Jerusalem.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Judaism, an offering of any sort to God, particularly in fulfilment of a VOW.
- noun Same as
corbana . - noun In the Coptic liturgy, the eucharistic oblate or host, divisible into nine parts, the central one of which is called the spoudicon. See
despoticon and pearl.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Jewish Antiq.) 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.
- noun An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In doing this they used the word corban, or some similar word; saying this thing is corban, i.e., is a gift to God, or is sacred to him.
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[7: 11] But you say, If a man says to his father or mother, It is a corban, which is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me, [he shall be free]; [7: 12] and suffer him no longer to do any thing for his father or his mother; [7: 13] making the word of God of no effect by your tradition which you have delivered; and many such things you do.
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Property was often declared to be "corban" for other purposes than dedication to ecclesiastical use.
Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern James Edward Talmage 1897
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There are plentiful signs -- take the "corban" passage, for instance, still more, the details of the Prodigal Son -- of the same deep and tender thinking as we find in the most authentic sayings about marriage applied to the parental and brotherly relation.
The History of David Grieve Humphry Ward 1885
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To declare that any article of property real or personal, or any part or proportion of one's possessions was "corban," was generally understood as an averment that the property so characterized was dedicated to the temple, or at least was intended to be devoted to ecclesiastical purposes, and would eventually be turned over to the officials, though the donor might continue to hold possession during a specified period, extending even to the end of his life.
Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern James Edward Talmage 1897
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There were perhaps some who believed that the men upon whom the tower had fallen had deserved their fate; and this conception is the more probable if the generally accepted assumption be correct, that the calamity came upon the men while they were engaged under Roman employ in work on the aqueduct, for the construction of which Pilate had used the "corban" or sacred treasure, given by vow to the temple. [
Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern James Edward Talmage 1897
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Defenders will, however, note that quoting pagan authors is hardly corban by any sane standard, and will add that, no doubt, it is the final phrase in the quote, "Bless the children, give them triumph now," that Rowling really views as important.
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Defenders will, however, note that quoting pagan authors is hardly corban by any sane standard, and will add that, no doubt, it is the final phrase in the quote, "Bless the children, give them triumph now," that Rowling really views as important.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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Using such words as “catenae” (connected series), “timeous” (early), “moloch” (an object of sacrifice), and “corban” (an offering to God), Madame railed at the ethics of the press, which she continued to accuse of underplaying the dangers of communism.
The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009
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The terms of our law, which are not empty sounds, will hardly find words that answer them in the Spanish or Italian, no scanty languages; much less, I think, could any one translate them into the Caribbee or Westoe tongues: and the versura of the Romans, or corban of the Jews, have no words in other languages to answer them; the reason whereof is plain, from what has been said.
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