Having climbed all the way to the shrine, I decided to dedicate a votive horse tablet.
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Votive
/ˈvəʊ.tɪv/
Synonyms for "votive" (5 found)
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Noun(2 words)
devotionaldevotional gift
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Noun(2 words)
devotional objectoffering
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6 entriesvotive candlevotive imagevotive lampvotive offeringvotive plaquevotive statue
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7 entriesvotive altarvotive candlevotive imagevotive lampvotive offeringvotive plaquevotive statue
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Then they gathered some of the flowers of the season, crowned the statues with garlands and hung up Dorcon's pipe as a votive offering to the Nymphs.
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"Nay, when thy vessels, ranged upon her shore, / rest from the deep, and on the beach ye light / the votive altars, and the gods adore, / veil then thy locks, with purple hood bedight, / and shroud thy visage from a foeman's sight, / lest hostile presence, 'mid the flames divine, / break in, and mar the omen and the rite."
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Sculptured votive wreaths, six in all, are hung between the capitals of the columns and the spandrel of the arches.
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