The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            wine poured in honor of the deceased for a deity, sometimes consumed, other times left as an offering (in a patera)
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            ritual pouring of a liquid; in Egypt libations were commonly offered to honor kings or deceased individuals; in Greece and Rome they consisted of wine, oil, water, or milk poured onto the ground as an offering to a deity
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                                                     
                        
                        
                            (1) A serving (of wine) poured out in honor of a deity. (2) The act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A portion of drink or food given to a deity, ancestor, or daimon during a ritual.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            The pouring of wine, oil, or another liquid upon the ground as an offering.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            An offering of food or drink to the spirits.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A liquid poured as a ritual offering.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A toast or an offering of a drink in honor of the gods.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Liquid, typically water or wine, which is poured on an altar, on the ground, or on a sacred fire as an offering.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Liquid spilled or poured out as offering
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            an offering of a portion of your food and drink to the God and Goddess, a sharing, in turn, of yourself with the Divine
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A portion of food or drink given ritually to a deity, nature spirit, or disincarnate.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Ritual liquid offering (wine, oil or milk) in honour of a deity.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A libation is a ritual pouring of a drink as an offering to a god.