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libation|laɪˈbeɪʃən|
Also 4 libacioun, 5 lybacion.
[ad. L. lībātiōn-em, n. of action f. lībā-re to libate.]
The pouring out of wine or other liquid in honour of a god; concr. the liquid so poured out; a drink-offering.
1382Wyclif Ezek. xx. 28 Thei..sacrifieden her libaciouns. 1490Caxton Eneydos xxii. 81 The good wynes of swete odour ordeyned for the lybacions or washynges of the sacryfices. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1196 They used this water for the solemne libations at sacrifices. 1697Dryden æneid i. 1030 Sprinkling the first Libations on the Ground. 1743J. Davidson æneid vii. 184 Pour forth bowls in Libation to Jove. 1834Lytton Pompeii i. iii, The guests followed the prayer, and then, sprinkling the wine on the table, they performed the wonted libation. 1877C. Geikie Christ xlix. (1879) 584 Water to be poured out at the time of the morning offering as a libation.
b. transf. (somewhat jocular). Liquid poured out to be drunk; hence a potation.
1751Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 47 Libations to his health, or, in plain english, bumpers were poured forth to the Drapier. a1797H. Walpole Mem. Geo. III (1845) I. xxii. 313 Some jovial dinners and libations of champagne cemented their friendship. c1850Arab. Nts. (Rtldg.) 412 In consequence of their repeated libations, they began both of them to be considerably heated. 1856Sir B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. I. App. 254 They prepared themselves for the task by a plentiful libation of gin.
c. fig.
1781Cowper Retirement 226 He..weeps a sad libation in despair. 1817Moore Lalla R. (1824) 273 Never yet..hath the sword More terrible libations poured! 1879Farrar St. Paul I. 344 Willing, nay glad, to pour out his whole life as a libation.
d. attrib.
1776Burney Hist Mus. I. ii. 40 The spondean melody, that is the libation tune of Olympus. 1865J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire (1872) 256 Bearers of libation-vases. 1877A. B. Edwards Up Nile iv. 80 A libation-table on which was engraved a hieroglyphic inscription to Apis-Osiris. |