votive

UK /ˈvəʊ.tɪv/ US /ˈvoʊ.tɪv/

adj 2noun 1

Collocations

VERB + VOTIVE

dedicate, flowers, pipe, placed, reached, sculptured

VOTIVE + NOUN

garlands, stone, tablet, wreaths

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adj

Dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge.

She placed a votive offering at the shrine.

embellishments of flowers and votive garlands

Of, expressing, or symbolizing a vow. Often used to describe thick cylindrical candles found in many churches, lit when making a private vow or asking a private intention.

The church was lit by votive candles.

noun

a hymn or chant dedicated to a particular saint, or to the Virgin Mary

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She placed a votive offering at the shrine.

Wiktionary

embellishments of flowers and votive garlands

Wiktionary

We reached a votive stone, that bears the name / Of Aloys Reding.

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Having climbed all the way to the shrine, I decided to dedicate a votive horse tablet.

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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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Sculptured votive wreaths, six in all, are hung between the capitals of the columns and the spandrel of the arches.

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