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ex-voto

ex-voto noun: an offering to a church in fulfillment of a vow.

Noun

ex-voto (plural ex-votos)

  1. An offering to a church in fulfillment of a vow.

Forms of ex-voto

pluralex-votos

Origin of ex-voto

From Latin ex (“out of, in accordance with”) + voto, ablative of votum (“a vow”).

Questions about ex-voto

What does ex-voto mean?
Ex-voto means an offering to a church in fulfillment of a vow.
What part of speech is ex-voto?
Ex-voto is a noun.
What is the plural of ex-voto?
The plural of ex-voto is ex-votos.

Words near ex-voto in the dictionary

  1. ex-teachers
  2. ex-tropical cyclone
  3. ex-tropical cyclones
  4. ex-urbanite
  5. ex-urbanites
  6. ex-voto
  7. ex-votos
  8. ex-wife
  9. ex-wives
  10. ex-worker
  11. ex-Yu

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