Crossword-Solution: LIBATION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Libation | n. | 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. |
We have 18 clues for the answer “LIBATION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Booze, facetiously | 1 answer |
| drink poured as an offering to the gods | 1 answer |
| Wine poured to honor a deity | 1 answer |
| Wine offered to Dionysus | 1 answer |
| Ritual pouring of wine on the ground. | 1 answer |
| Liquid poured in honor of a deity | 1 answer |
| Drink, to W. C. Fields | 1 answer |
| Drink offering | 1 answer |
| A drink poured out as an offering to a god | 1 answer |
| INTOXICATING beverage | 2 answers |
| Potable | 5 answers |
| Potation. | 6 answers |
| A SERVING POURED OUT IN HONOR OF A DEITY | 10 answers |
| Liquid | 24 answers |
| aperitif | 24 answers |
| Beverage | 41 answers |
| Potion | 46 answers |
| Drink | 99 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with LIBATION (5)
Betwixt that rift and the Thorician rock, The hollow pear-tree and the marble tomb, Midway he sat and loosed his beggar’s weeds; Then calling to his daughters bade them fetch Of running water, both to wash withal And make libation; so they clomb the steep; And in brief space brought what their father bade, Then laved and dressed him with observance due.
Himself keeps holy days; stretched o'er the sward, Where round the fire his comrades crown the bowl, He pours libation, and thy name invokes, Lenaeus, and for the herdsmen on an elm Sets up a mark for the swift javelin; they Strip their tough bodies for the rustic sport.
Regard, all men, together with Those above and Those below! I pour this wine as a libation to Deucalion, great lord that is to-day, Hero that shall be to-morrow, God that will be in time to come!” And then all those on the ship joined in the acclaim till they were beyond the reach of my voice, and were battling their way out to sea through the roaring breakers of the bar.
But at that time let me have a shady rock and wine of Biblis, a clot of curds and milk of drained goats with the flesh of an heifer fed in the woods, that has never calved, and of firstling kids; then also let me drink bright wine, sitting in the shade, when my heart is satisfied with food, and so, turning my head to face the fresh Zephyr, from the everflowing spring which pours down unfouled thrice pour an offering of water, but make a fourth libation of wine.
The men were strictly sober; but they were in that temper of friendliness which demands a libation of some kind.
Quotes with LIBATION (3)
If I rolled the dice carved out of my weathered bone And offered of my blood the libation to the fane When even the reaper’s mockery forsakes me alone My own clangorous thoughts are the last to remain
Once there was and once there was not a devout, God-fearing man who lived his entire life according to stoic principles. He died on his fortieth birthday and woke up floating in nothing. Now, mind you, floating in nothing was comforting, light-less, airless, like a mother’s womb. This man was grateful. But then he decided he would love to have sturdy ground beneath his feet, so he would feel more solid himself. Lo and behold, he was standing on earth. He knew it to be earth, …
The difference between educated people and uneducated people is that educated people have been opened up to the notion that you can disagree without fighting; whereas uneducated people, in conversation, seek to always agree--everybody agrees and agrees and that's considered basic social libation.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, NYT, Universal.
Used 11 times in crossword archives (1948–2021).