votive

adj.

1. Given or dedicated in fulfillment of a vow or pledge: a votive offering.
2. Expressing or symbolizing a wish, desire, or vow: a votive prayer; votive candles.

[Latin vōtīvus, from vōtum, vow. See vote.]

votively vo'tive·ly adv.

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Term used to describe the offering to a deity of a gift of some kind in order to appease, thank, or enhance the success of pleas, prayers, or supplications. In Mycenaean times a terracotta model, often of an animal, seems to have been used as a device to make the donor's prayer more likely to be remembered by the deity. In Greek and Roman societies a person or city might dedicate a statue, or a golden tripod, or some other valuable object to one or other deity with the result that a considerable collection of objets d'art accumulated around the temples. In other cultural contexts such objects accumulated in pits, shafts, bogs, lakes, or whatever places were sacred to the gods.

A chant or hymn honoring a particularsaint, or the Virgin Mary.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: dedicated in fulfillment of a vow

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - givet ifølge løfte, votiv-
n. - dyrker, tilbeder, ivrig tilhænger, en som har afgivet et religiøst løfte

idioms:

• votive mass    stemmegrundlag

Nederlands (Dutch)
betreffende een eed/ wens, gedaan krachtens eed of uit dank/ toewijding

Français (French)
adj. - (Relig) votif
n. - bougie/offrande offert (pour la réalisation d'un v¯u)

idioms:

• votive Mass    (Relig) Messe votive

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Votiv...
n. - Weihgeschenk, Votivgabe

idioms:

• votive Mass    Votivmesse

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αναθηματικός

idioms:

• votive mass    (θρησκ.) δοξολογία

Italiano (Italian)
votivo

idioms:

• votive mass    messa votiva

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - votivo, oferecido em cumprimento de voto

idioms:

• votive mass    missa votiva (Ecles.)

Русский (Russian)
исполненный по обету

idioms:

• votive mass    месса, которую священник служит по своему выбору

Español (Spanish)
adj. - votivo
n. - votivo

idioms:

• votive Mass    misa votiva

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - votiv-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
奉献的, 诚心祈求的, 还愿的, 奉献的事情

idioms:

• votive mass    许愿弥撒, 特别弥撒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 奉獻的, 誠心祈求的, 還願的
n. - 奉獻的事情

idioms:

• votive mass    許願彌撒, 特別彌撒

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 맹세에 따라 바쳐진, 축원하는, 소원 성취를 비는
n. - 봉납 , 축원

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 奉納された, 奉納の, 願かけの

idioms:

• votive mass    随意ミサ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نذري, نذيرة, قربان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מועלה כקורבן או מוקדש כמילוי נדר, מקודש‬
n. - ‮עצם המקודש כמילוי נדר, כנר המודלק בכנסיה‬

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Votive Chandelier	Stake Votive
Votive Candle	Spiral Votive Holder