Libationer

Quick meaning: Libationer is a noun meaning A priest or religious official who conducts a libation ritual, in which a drink is poured as an offering to a divinity or ancestor.

Meaning

A priest or religious official who conducts a libation ritual, in which a drink is poured as an offering to a divinity or ancestor.

More Meanings

1. A Taoist religious office analogous to that of parish priest.
2. The head of the Chinese Imperial College (Han dynasty through the Qing dynasty), and, by extension, any of the most highly respected scholars during that time period.

Example Sentences

Take the libationer of the Imperial College, for instance, who is my tutor.

At that time, accession to the office of libationer already involved the conferral of sacred texts.

From the Han and Wei Dynasties onwards, this became an official title, like libationer of the imperial academy, libationer of the imperial college, etc.

Harming other people or bullying them because the libationer is in a position of power or has connexions with people in power is also proscribed (60, 92).

Word Forms

• libationers

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