Offering: nf (word from medieval Latin offerenda, feminine noun, from classical Latin offeranda “things to offer”).
The word “offering” has several meanings:
1. Gift offered to the deity or its representatives. Votive, expiatory offering.
Ancient religion: libation, sacrifice.
2. Liturgy: Ceremony practiced at certain masses where the priest presents the paten to be kissed and receives the gifts of the faithful.
3. Aged or literary meaning: gift, present. Offering...
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