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votive
RC Church optional; not prescribed; having the nature of a voluntary offering


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The shrine of the saint was decorated with relics and votive offerings hung up by these superstitious beings, either to propitiate her favor, or in gratitude for some signal deliverance in the wilderness.
He wrote no more letters, he gazed no longer in rapt adoration, he brought no more votive offerings of gum and pencils to her shrine.
Under cover of the general relaxation of singing, votive offerings of respectful sympathy began to make their appearance at her shrine.
 
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