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Webster 1913 Edition

Offering

Of′fer-ing

,
Noun.
1.
The act of an offerer; a proffering.
2.
That which is offered, esp. in divine service; that which is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a free gift; a sacrifice; an oblation;
as, sin
offering
.
They are polluted
offerings
more abhorred
Than spotted livers in the sacrifice.
Shakespeare
3.
A sum of money offered, as in church service;
as, a missionary
offering
.
Specif.:
(Ch. of Eng.)
Personal tithes payable according to custom, either at certain seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as marriages or christenings.
[None] to the
offering
before her should go.
Chaucer.
Burnt offering
,
Drink offering
,
etc. See under
Burnt
. etc.

Webster 1828 Edition

Offering

OF'FERING

,
ppr.
Presenting; proposing; sacrificing; bidding; presenting to the eye or mind.

OF'FERING

,
Noun.
That which is presented in divine service; an animal or a portion of bread or corn, or of gold and silver, or other valuable articles, presented to God as an atonement for sin, or as a return of thanks for his favors, or for other religious purpose; a sacrifice; an oblation. In the Mosaic economy, there were burnt-offerings, sin-offerings, peace-offerings, trespass-offerings, thank-offerings, wave-offerings, and wood-offerings. Pagan nations also present offerings to their deities. Christ by the offering of himself has superseded the use of all other offerings, having made atonement for all men.
When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed - Is. 53.

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