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wave offering

wave offering noun: an ancient Jewish custom of moving the hands in succession towards the four points of the compass in presenting certain offerings; opposed to the heave offering, in which the hands were only lifted up and lowered.

Noun

wave offering (plural wave offerings)

  1. (Judaism, historical) An ancient Jewish custom of moving the hands in succession towards the four points of the compass in presenting certain offerings; opposed to the heave offering, in which the hands were only lifted up and lowered.

Forms of wave offering

pluralwave offerings

Questions about wave offering

What does wave offering mean?
Wave offering means an ancient Jewish custom of moving the hands in succession towards the four points of the compass in presenting certain offerings; opposed to the heave offering, in which the hands were only lifted up and lowered.
What part of speech is wave offering?
Wave offering is a noun.
What is the plural of wave offering?
The plural of wave offering is wave offerings.

Words near wave offering in the dictionary

  1. wave number
  2. wave numbers
  3. wave of the hand
  4. wave of translation
  5. wave off
  6. wave offering
  7. wave offerings
  8. wave operator
  9. wave operators
  10. wave packet
  11. wave packets

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