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View synonyms for burnt offering

burnt offering

noun

  1. an offering burnt upon an altar in sacrifice to a deity.


burnt offering

noun

  1. a sacrificial offering burnt, usually on an altar, to honour, propitiate, or supplicate a deity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of burnt offering1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
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Example Sentences

On the Sabbath Day an additional burnt-offering of two lambs with their meat-offering and drink-offering was required.

Next were brought one young bullock, one ram, and one lamb of the first year—all for a burnt-offering.

And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.

Here no evening lamb for a burnt-offering is mentioned, but the offerings are to be brought only during the mornings.

Thus shall they prepare the lamb and the meal offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering.

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