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" (1 found)
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19 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- в изпълнение на обет adj (dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge)
Czech
2 entries- slíbený adj (dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge)
- votivní adj (dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge)
Dutch
4 entries- een gelofte voorstellend adj (of, expressing or symbolizing a vow)
- geschonken wegens een gelofte adj (dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge)
- votief adj (dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge)
- votief adj (of, expressing or symbolizing a vow)
Finnish
2 entries- votiivi adj (dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge)
- votiivi adj (of, expressing or symbolizing a vow)
French
1 entries- votif adj (dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge)
Georgian
2 entries- დაპირებისამებრი adj (dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge)
- დაპირებისამებრი adj (of, expressing or symbolizing a vow)
Hungarian
1 entries- fogadalmi adj (dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge)
Italian
1 entries- votivo adj (dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge)
Malayalam
1 entries- നേർച്ച adj (dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge)
Polish
2 entries- wotywny adj (dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge)
- wotywny adj (of, expressing or symbolizing a vow)
Russian
1 entries- клятвенный adj (dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge)
Spanish
1 entries- votivo adj (dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
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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