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peace offering

  1. an offering or sacrifice in thanksgiving to God: Ezek. 45:15
  2. an offering made to maintain or bring about peace

Etymology: used to transl. Heb shelem, lit., thank-offering

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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