libation

---

Noun

libation

1. The act of pouring a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.

   Synonyms: tip, tipping

2. The wine or liquid thus poured out.
3. (often humorous) A beverage, especially an alcoholic one.

   Synonyms: Thesaurus:alcoholic beverage

Related terms

• libate

Translations

• French: libation
• German: Trankopfer, Libation
• Italian: libagione, libamento (rare)
• Portuguese: libação
• Russian: возлия́ние
• Spanish: libación

Translations

• German: Opferwein
• Italian: libamento (rare)
• Portuguese: libação

Translations

• French: libation
• Portuguese: bebida, libação
• Russian: вы́пивка
• Spanish: libación

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003