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votive


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Votive  \Vo"tive\,  a.  [L.  votivus  fr  votum  a  vow:  cf  F.  votif. 
  See  {Vow}.] 
  Given  by  vow,  or  in  fulfillment  of  a  vow;  consecrated  by  a 
  vow;  devoted;  as  votive  offerings;  a  votive  tablet.  ``Votive 
  incense.''  --Keble. 
 
  We  reached  a  votive  stone,  that  bears  the  name  Of  Aloys 
  Reding.  --Wordsworth. 
 
  Embellishments  of  flowers  and  votive  garlands. 
  --Motley. 
 
  {Votive  medal},  a  medal  struck  in  grateful  commemoration  of 
  some  auspicious  event. 
 
  {Votive  offering},  an  offering  in  fulfillment  of  a  religious 
  vow,  as  of  one's  person  or  property.  --  {Vo"tive*ly},  adv 
  --  {Vo"tive*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  votive 
  adj  :  dedicated  in  fulfillment  of  a  vow;  "votive  prayers" 




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