peace offering

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noun

any offering made to procure peace.

a sacrificial offering made in order to assure communion with God. Ex. 20:24; Lev. 7:11–18.

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peace and quiet, peace corps, peace dividend, peace dove, peace offensive, peace offering, peace officer, peace pipe, peace river, peace sign, peaceable

Origin of peace offering

First recorded in 1525–35

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Examples from the Web for peace offering

He was the propitiation, as the slain victim; but, in virtue of that, He is now become the flesh of the peace-offering.
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Leviticus|S H Kellogg
They will accept your peace-offering of food as soon as they trust you, and in many cases their confidence is not hard to win.
Indian Scout Talks|Charles A. Eastman
Nay, he was bringing home the goose as a peace-offering to his wife.
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes|A. Conan Doyle
There is none of the offerings in which the communion of the worshiper is so fully unfolded as in the peace-offering.
Notes on the Book of Leviticus|C. H. Mackintosh

So he resolved to offer himself as a peace-offering for his land and people.
The History of Antiquity|Max Duncker

British Dictionary definitions for peace offering

peace offering

noun

something given to an adversary in the hope of procuring or maintaining peace

Judaism a sacrificial meal shared between the offerer and Jehovah to intensify the union between them

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peace offering

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peace offering

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