noun
Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin libatio(n-), from libare ‘pour as an offering’.
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Cultural offering of beverage to a god
A libation is a ritual pouring of a liquid as an offering to a deity or spirit, or in memory of the dead. It was common in many religions of antiquity and continues to be offered in cultures today. Wikipedia