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View synonyms for burnt offering
burnt offering
noun
- an offering burnt upon an altar in sacrifice to a deity.
burnt offering
noun
- a sacrificial offering burnt, usually on an altar, to honour, propitiate, or supplicate a deity
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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.
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Next were brought one young bullock, one ram, and one lamb of the first year—all for a burnt-offering.
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And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.
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Here no evening lamb for a burnt-offering is mentioned, but the offerings are to be brought only during the mornings.
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Thus shall they prepare the lamb and the meal offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering.
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