deodate

D2E1O1D2A1T1E1

noun

A gift or offering to, or from, God.

OriginLatin Deo →
Scrabble 9
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Meanings

noundeodate (plural deodates)

plural deodates

  1. obsoleteA gift or offering to, or from, God.
    1 more example

    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.

    [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)

Origin

  1. LatinDeo“to God”
  2. Englishdeodate

From Latin Deo (“to God”) (from Deus (“God”)) + datum (“thing given”).

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APA

deodate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deodate

MLA

“deodate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deodate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deodate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deodate.

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