The Collaborative International Dictionary
Corban \Cor"ban\ (k[^o]r"b[a^]n), n. [Heb. qorb[=a]n, akin to Ar. qurb[=a]n.]
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(Jewish Antiq.) An offering of any kind, devoted to God and therefore not to be appropriated to any other use; esp., an offering in fulfillment of a vow.
Note: In the old Testament the hebrew word is usually translated ``oblation'' as in
--Numb. xviii. 9, xxxi. 50.Note: The traditionists laid down that a man might interdict himself by vow, not only from using for himself, but from giving to another, or receiving from him, some particular object, whether of food or any other kind. A person might thus exempt himself from assisting parents in distress, under plea of corban.
--Dr. W. Smith. An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.
Wiktionary
n. 1 An offering to God, especially in fulfilment of a vow. 2 An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.
Wikipedia
Corban may refer to:
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Korban, a sacrifice or offering given to God among the ancient Hebrews
- Corban, a given name meaning a blessing from God dedicated back to God
- Corban, Switzerland
- Corban University, a small college in Oregon
Usage examples of "corban".
The real estate office was a doublewide trailer across the street from a converted house that served as the Corban library, and Doris swung into the microscopic parking lot, braking to a halt with the skid of fat tires on gravel.
They had dinner that night at a steakhouse in Corban where they were the only customers and the waitress looked like Flo from the old TV series Alice.
They held their garage sale the next weekend, taking out an ad in the local newspaper, the Corban Weekly Standard, and spending all day Friday pricing furniture and household items stored in the small bedrooms.
Thicker than the Corban phone book, it was a perfect bound document filled with nearly a hundred single-spaced pages of text, all written in dense legalese.
Below them, the town of Corban was shrouded in shadow from the surrounding hills and mountains, and lights were blinking on in downtown buildings.
He wondered if he might be able to set up a little office in their storage unit, and he drove down to Corban to check.
Barry wished he could dismiss such a charge out of hand, but it was too easy to believe, and he had no trouble picturing a pet-killing committee dressed all in black, spreading out through Corban in the middle of the night to do away with dogs.
But Ray was still not smiling, and he sipped his beer as he walked over to the side of the house and looked down on the town of Corban, where lights were beginning to flicker on against the coming darkness.
The air was hot and unmoving, not leavened by even the hint of a breeze, and the only sounds on this still afternoon were the scratchy scuttlings of lizards in the underbrush abutting the road, the chirrups of unseen cicadas, and the occasional far-off rumbling of truck engines as Corban pickups headed on or off the highway.
From the deck, Barry could watch the buildup of the storms, see the coalescing clouds, watch the rain as it came up from the south and moved like a light white curtain over the canyon lands and through the hilly forest toward Corban and Bonita Vista.
Apparently, Corban was running short on water this summer due to the extended drought conditions of the previous winter, something of which Barry had not been aware.
The article went on to say that Bonita Vista had its own wells, so it was not tied to the Corban water supply and was not suffering the same shortage.
He stood at the end of the driveway next to the edge of the house, looking back toward Corban, a few of whose buildings could be seen through the trees.
The only exception to this shall be if a resident of Corban owns a Lot within the Properties and is also a member of the Association.
It would be after three by the time he finally reached Corban, so Barry stopped at a Subway and bought a sandwich and an extra large Coke before starting off.