| Offering 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Offer. 2. (n.) The act of an offerer; a proffering. 3. (n.) That which is offered, esp. in divine service; that which is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a free gift; a sacrifice; an oblation; as, sin offering. 4. (n.) A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a missionary offering. Specif.: (Ch. of Eng.) Personal tithes payable according to custom, either at certain seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as marriages or christenings. Thesaurus Entries Christmas present, advance, alms, alms fee, approach, asking price, award, benefaction, beneficence, bid, birthday present, box, burnt offering, cadeau, charity, collection, contribution, dole, donation, donative, drink offering, ex voto offering, fairing, feeler, gift, handout, handsel, heave offering, hecatomb, holocaust, human sacrifice, immolation, incense, infanticide, invitation, libation, mactation, oblation, offer, offertory, overture, peace offering, piacular offering, pittance, preliminary approach, present, presentation, proffer, sacramental offering, sacrifice, scapegoat, self-immolation, self-sacrifice, submission, subscription, suttee, sutteeism, tentative approach, thank offering, tithe, tribute, votive offering, white elephant, whole offering |