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Altar Offering Crossword Clue

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noun

• a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned

• the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned

verb

• perfume especially with a censer

• make furious

22%9 Act of offering or giving up something precious as an offering
noun

• the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

• personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)

• a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value

• the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity

• (baseball) an out that advances the base runners

verb

• endure the loss of

• kill or destroy

• sell at a loss

• make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals

22%10Offering as a burnt offering
verb

• offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction

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New York Times24 Mar 2019 Down 89
New York Times14 Apr 2001 Down 40
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