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How to use libation in a sentence

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The Hittite supplication scene depicts the libation of wine from a beak-spouted vessel.
A separate libation may be given to the gods, or some of the contents of the horn may be poured out as an offering to them.
Later in the same night, on their return from their spying mission, he and Diomedes sit down to dine, drink, and pour a libation again.
She holds a vessel in one hand and a cloth in another as she pours a libation before him.
Last seen, Jerry was celebrating with soda water instead of his customary libation in a brown bottle.
If permission is granted, the linguist offers a libation to the god by pouring several drops of alcohol onto the ground.
The libation is poured into the soil before her father's tomb as she speaks.
For a ram two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil and a libation of a third of a hin of wine are required.
An offering of libation and sacrifices accompanies communication with the deceased at the gravesite.
The libation complete, we took our leave, promising to return with copies of the photos we took.
Alcohol, libation to the deity and old social lubricant, also greases the slide to skid row.
Originally, he may have been pouring a libation from a patera, as is common in similar sacrifice scenes belonging to this iconographic topos.
We grab our favorite libation from the store shelf, stick that can or bottle into our favorite koozie and settle back into our favorite chair.
The condensed milk and corn syrup libation was the only kiddy cocktail of the four that was not actively nauseating.
Other participants perform libation using Scotch or other similar liquor by pouring from a ram's horn.
Conveniently, brother John Paul's favourite football team are sponsored by his favourite libation.
A separate libation may be given to the gods, landwights or housewights, or some of the contents of the horn may be poured out as an offering to them.
Blanched leafy greens are transformed by a libation of sizzling oil over slivers of ginger and spring onion, and a dash of good soy sauce.
Talking, making offerings of coca leaves or pouring libation are expressions of respect.
As for me, my life is already being poured away as a libation, and the time has come for me to be gone.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Alone of gods he is unpropitiated by food or libation, indicating that he is not evolved out of a hungry ghost.
One of these was in the form of a man pouring from a cup a libation to the gods.
To gain them you have but to take this goblet and pour the libation on yonder altar.
The libation with which the victim was consecrated to death was called immolatio.
In scenes of libation the use of the jug and bowl is invariable.
Speedily all pour glad libation on the board, and supplicate the gods.
This libation restored him all his coolness and presence of mind.
What say you, he said, as to making a libation from this potion?
In fresh myrtle my blade I'll entwine, Like Harmodius, the gallant and good, When he made at the tutelar shrine A libation of Tyranny's blood.
I am not fit to receive the libation which will bring offspring.
In the 21st Bond movie, 007 gets back to the basics with his favorite libation, the original Vesper martini made famous in Ian Fleming's 1952 novel of the same name.
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