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offering formula

offering formula noun: a conventional Ancient Egyptian dedicatory text inscribed on funerary objects, beginning with the phrase ḥtp ḏj or ḥtp ḏj nswt and indicating a funerary gift authorized by the king and provided by the funerary establishment of a local god.

Noun

offering formula (plural offering formulas)

  1. a conventional Ancient Egyptian dedicatory text inscribed on funerary objects, beginning with the phrase ḥtp ḏj or ḥtp ḏj nswt and indicating a funerary gift authorized by the king and provided by the funerary establishment of a local god
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see offering, formula.

Forms of offering formula

pluraloffering formulas

Questions about offering formula

What does offering formula mean?
Offering formula means a conventional Ancient Egyptian dedicatory text inscribed on funerary objects, beginning with the phrase ḥtp ḏj or ḥtp ḏj nswt and indicating a funerary gift authorized by the king and provided by the funerary establishment of a local god.
What part of speech is offering formula?
Offering formula is a noun.
What is the plural of offering formula?
The plural of offering formula is offering formulas.

Words near offering formula in the dictionary

  1. offereth
  2. offerin'
  3. offering
  4. offering a knee
  5. offering affordances
  6. offering formula
  7. offering formulas
  8. offering one's condolences
  9. offering plate
  10. offering up
  11. offerings

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