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Word of the Day – Libation

By September 8, 2019Word of the Day

Libation (noun)

li-bay-shun

A drink poured out as an offering to a deity.

Late Middle English from Latin libatio(n-), from libare ‘pour as an offering’.

Example sentences

“He saved the last drops to offer as a libation to the mountain gods.”

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