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deodate

deodate noun: a gift or offering to, or from, God.

Noun

deodate (plural deodates)

  1. (obsolete) A gift or offering to, or from, God.
    • 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...[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)

Forms of deodate

pluraldeodates

Origin of deodate

From Latin Deo (“to God”) (from Deus (“God”)) + datum (“thing given”).

Questions about deodate

What does deodate mean?
Deodate means a gift or offering to, or from, God.
What part of speech is deodate?
Deodate is a noun.
What is the plural of deodate?
The plural of deodate is deodates.

Words near deodate in the dictionary

  1. deodar cedars
  2. deodara
  3. deodaras
  4. deodarin
  5. deodars
  6. deodate
  7. deodates
  8. deoderant
  9. deodorant
  10. deodorants
  11. deodorisation

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