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Definition of Corban
1. n. An offering of any kind, devoted to God and therefore not to be appropriated to any other use; esp., an offering in fulfillment of a vow.
Definition of Corban
1. an offering to God [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corban
Literary usage of Corban
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson, Edward Burton (1857)
"After that, he seized on the corban, that sacred treasury, and spent it upon an
aqueduct : nor could all their religious and importunate petitions divert ..."
2. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1825)
"corban.—VI. PRESCRIBED OBLATIONS;—1. First-fruits:— 2. Tithes. IHE sacrifices
and oblations of the Jews demand particular notice in tliis sketch of their ..."
3. The New Testament by Canadian Bible Society (1889)
"... If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is corban, that is to say, a
gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me ; he shall be free. ..."
4. Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth by William Thomas Davis (1883)
"TITLES OF ESTATES. possession of corban Barnes, the father of corban now living.
... The next lot, on which the house stands occupied by corban Barnes, ..."
5. A Theological Dictionary, Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms: A by Charles Buck (1829)
"<fce to parents ; for when a child had «omina to relieve the wants of his father
or mother, he would say to them— "It is a gift (corban) by whatsoever thou ..."
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