Deodate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Deodate is a noun meaning (obsolete) A gift or offering to, or from, God.
Meaning
(obsolete) A gift or offering to, or from, God.
Example Sentences
Long it were to reckon up particularly what God was owner of under the Law: for of this sort was all which they spent in legal sacrifices; of this sort their usual oblations and offerings; of this sort tithes and firstfruits; […] of this sort whatsoever their Corban contained, wherein that blessed widow's deodate was laid up.
Word Forms
- deodates
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include donary, deodand, dono, dower, donour, deede.
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