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# libation

«libation» in Mova's school dictionary: **a drink poured out on the ground or on an altar as a gift…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural libations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A libation is a drink poured out on the ground or on an altar as a gift to a god, in old religious rites. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/libation/#m1)

2) (humorous) A libation is a drink, especially a fancy one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/libation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in the lessons on Greek and Roman myths, people pour a libation of water, milk or wine for the gods, and in old tales the cup holds the libation.

### examples

- The priest poured a libation of honey on the altar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/libation/#x1)
- Before the feast, a libation was offered to the gods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/libation/#x2)
- The old people poured milk on the ground as a libation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/libation/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «libation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/libation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.