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Webster 1913 Edition


Deodate

De′o-dateˊ

,
Noun.
[L.
Deo
to God (
Deus
God) +
datum
thing given.]
A gift or offering to God.
[Obs.]
Wherein that blessed widow’s
deodate
was laid up.
Hooker.

Definition 2024


deodate

deodate

English

Noun

deodate (plural deodates)

  1. (obsolete) A gift or offering to God.
    • Richard Hooker
      Long it were to reckon up particularly what God was owner of under the Law: for of this sort was all which they spent in legal sacrifices; of this sort their usual oblations and offerings; of this sort tithes and firstfruits; [] of this sort whatsoever their Corban contained, wherein that blessed widow's deodate was laid up.