libationn.
/lʌɪˈbeɪʃn/, U.S. /laɪˈbeɪʃən/ a. The pouring out of wine or other liquid in honour of a god; concrete the liquid so poured out; a drink-offering.
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society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [noun] > of libations
libation1382
fleeting sacrifices1398
drink-offering1535
libament1582
libature1632
minne-drinking1880
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xx. 28 Thei..sacrifieden her libaciouns.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxii. 81 The good wynes of swete odour ordeyned for the lybacions or washynges of the sacryfices.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1196 They used this water for the solemne libations at sacrifices.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 232 Sprinkling the first Libations on the Ground.
1743 J. Davidson tr. Virgil Æneid vii. 184 Pour forth bowls in Libation to Jove.
1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. i. iii. 44 The guests followed the prayer, and then, sprinkling the wine on the table, they performed the wonted libation.
1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. xlix. 286 Water..to be poured out at the time of the morning offering as a libation.
b. transferred (somewhat jocular). Liquid poured out to be drunk; hence a potation.
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the world > food and drink > drink > [noun] > a drink or draught
shenchc950
drinkc1000
draughtc1200
beveragec1390
napa1450
potation1479–81
potionc1484
slaker?1518
glut1541
pocill1572
adipson1601
go-down1614
slash1614
gulf1674
libation1751
meridian1771
sinda1774
sling1788
mahogany1791
a shove in the mouth1821
nooner1836
quencher1841
refresh1851
slackener1861
squencher1871
refreshener1888
refresher1922
maiden's blush1941
maiden's water1975
1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 47 Libations to his health, or, in plain english, bumpers were poured forth to the Drapier.
a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George III (1845) I. xxii. 313 Some jovial dinners and libations of champagne cemented their friendship.
c1850 Arabian Nights (Rtldg.) 412 In consequence of their repeated libations, they began both of them to be considerably heated.
1856 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. (ed. 3) I. App. 254 They prepared themselves for the task by a plentiful libation of gin.
c. figurative.
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1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 226 He..weeps a sad libation in despair.
1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh 273 Never yet..hath the sword More terrible libations pour'd!
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vi. xix. 344 Willing, nay glad, to pour out his whole life as a libation.
d. attributive.
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1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 40 The spondean melody, that is, the libation tune of Olympus.
1859 J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire i. xv. 256 Bearers of libation vases.
1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile iv. 80 A libation-table on which was engraved a hieroglyphic inscription to Apis-Osiris.
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