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offering formulas

offering formulas is the plural of offering formula.

Meaning of offering formula

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.

Questions about offering formulas

What is offering formulas the plural of?
Offering formulas is the plural of offering formula.

Words near offering formulas in the dictionary

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

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