prayer offering
Devotional giving act
A prayer offering is something given to a deity or spiritual power as an act of devotion, often accompanying spoken prayers.
The offering may be physical—food, incense, flowers, money—or symbolic, like a votive candle lit in a church.
The term appears across religious traditions: She left a prayer offering at the shrine.
Some traditions treat the prayer itself as the offering.
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- altarSacred ritual table
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- sacred ritualCeremonial act with religious significance
ritual · blessing · tithe · worship · votive candle · candle · sacred · vow · petition · thanksgiving · oblation · hymn · supplication · temple · holy smoke · smoke · bended knee · kneeling
prayer offeringanswered prayer
Supplication that succeeded
theophany · benediction · divine revelation · divine blessing · divine gift
prayer offeringblasphemy
Irreverence toward the sacred
sacrilege · desecration · profanity · irreverence · impiety
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