"peace offering" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: peace offerings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} peace offering (plural peace offerings)
  1. A religious sacrifice. Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-peace_offering-en-noun-SledL5-2 Disambiguation of Religion: 94 6
  2. An offering or concession made to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace or reconciliation; an olive branch. Translations (offering made to an adversary with the aim of obtaining peace or reconciliation): plācāmen [neuter] (Latin), plācāmentum [neuter] (Latin), whakaepa (Maori)
    Sense id: en-peace_offering-en-noun-nQUiGJeI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 85 Disambiguation of 'offering made to an adversary with the aim of obtaining peace or reconciliation': 5 95

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