| 单词 | love offering |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslove offering love offering n. a gift offered as an expression of love, devotion, etc.; spec. (chiefly U.S.) a charitable donation, esp. one made to a church or missionary. ΚΠ 1620 J. Lewis Ignis Cœlestis 104 By prayer we shall offer vp a loue-offering, sweet and delightfull to the Lord our God. 1791 J. White Adventures King Richard Coeur-de-lion II. xxviii. 168 [A] tender lay, to be presented as a love-offering to the incomparable Celestina. 1893 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Republican 16 Sept. The spokesman..presented the donations, and the parson..replied in a few touching and appropriate remarks. It was a love-offering from an appreciative people. 1935 Times 19 Nov. 16/6 (advt.) We need £200,000 in gifts or legacies. Send your donation, your love-offering..to the Treasurer. 1968 Jrnl. Sci. Stud. Relig. 7 29/2 Pentecostal financial activity is personal and reciprocal,..money is given as a ‘love-offering’ in direct proportion to the importance of the non-material gift that the donor feels he has received. 2006 Daily Star (Nexis) 3 Nov. 38 What is the most exotic love offering ever made? In third place is Emperor Shah Jahan who built the Taj Mahal in memory of his favourite wife. < as lemmas |
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