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Libation Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Libation has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage

2

a serving (of wine) poured out in honor of a deity

3

the act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony

4

The act of pouring a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
drink helping religious ceremony
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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