Ex-voto

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An offering to a church in fulfillment of a vow.

Etymology

From Latin ex (“out of, in accordance with”) + voto, ablative of votum (“a vow”).

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