Demeter at Knidos, and may be regarded as temple-weights, probably made as a votive offering.
A votive offering is a present made to a deity, in order to secure some favour for the future, to avert anger for a past offence, or to express gratitude for a favour received.
An armlet or a miniature mango fruit in gold or silver is placed at her devala as a votive offering.
Maha Deviyô is identified with Vishnu, and is the guardian deity of the island, and is a candidate for the Buddhahood; a miniature weapon in gold or silver is placed at his shrine as a votive offering.
Kateragama Deviyô is the most popular of the gods; a prehistoric deity, to whom a miniature peacock in gold or silver is the customary, votive offering.
This is the tale told by the Corinthians and Lesbians alike, and there is at Tainaron a votive offering of Arion of no great size, 21 namely a bronze figure of a man upon a dolphin's back.
In commemoration of this event, the Marquis Gonzaga in gratitude erected a church at Mantua as a votive offering to the Madonna, and dedicated it under the name of =Santa Maria della Vittoria=.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "votive offering" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
