What is "offerings"

Usage examples of "offerings".

He may have been in the right as a fool, but as a Christian and a Spaniard he was certainly in the wrong, and he was probably soon convinced of the mistake he had made by the diminution in the offerings of the faithful.

Such uniformity did not guarantee identical food everywhere, since by design Harvey varied the meal offerings at each stop, but customers knew that their food would always be excellent.

It is customary for the faithful to deposit their offerings for the preacher in a purse which is handed to them for that purpose.

Thereupon she took me to her closet, and shewed me the seven packets meant for the Rosicrucian in the form of offerings to the seven planets.

Clairmont following behind with the box containing the offerings, which weighed fifty pounds.

Gift offerings, more of which arrived daily, were being displayed on a long table in the principal room of the large dwelling as a measure of the regard in which the family was held.

Gnarled and twisted, the petrified wood embraced objects that were themselves fossilizedthe trees held offerings and had, long ago, grown around them.

The offerings had specific religious significance, and showed how far love for Caesar percolated through every stratum of the city.

As we drew nearer peddlers approached with trays of votive offerings and sticks of incense, waving handfuls in our faces, voices rising as they tried to outbid each other.

Similar to the approach of other ethnic restaurants, Italian proprietors reinvented their offerings to appeal to the buying public, once again creating a hybrid ethnic cuisine.

The sales records of both companies proved that customers bought fish and other offerings right along with their hamburgers and that there was money to be made.