gifting

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of gift

plural giftings

1. The act or occasion of giving or exchanging gifts.

   there is also the exchange of pork a day or two following the marriage ceremony itself; this initiates the long lasting series of yangi toko giftings between the new affinal groups .

   1985, J. Michael Fullingim, Of Pigs, Men and Life: A Glimpse at Wiru Society, page 27

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   Here too, as across the Pacific in the sagali giftings that were integral to grieving the dead of the Trobriand Islands, the more valuable gifts (given by brothers) are supported by public payments to the guests in the form of items of lesser value (produced by sisters).

   2007, Richard Daly, Our Box Was Full: An Ethnography for the Delgamuukw Plaintiffs, page 38

   Importantly, this gifting generates orderly social and political relationships without any need for centralized government and is thus readily recruited in steadfast moral opposition to divisive commodity-based economies, socialities, and politics (see also Gregory 1982).

   2022, Peter Howland ·, Wine and The Gift: From Production to Consumption

2. lifestyleA divine gift.

   You can't, for example, buy compassion or artistic abilities, and you can't buy prophetic giftings.

   2024, Debra Giles, Raising Prophetic Kids

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   We all bear His image and likeness, walk in the fullness of His love, and have been given a portion of His power – in the form of divine enablings, and supernatural giftings.

   2009, Tom Cannon, We Speak to Nations, page 145

   We asked pastors how much they agree or disagree with the statement, "As a pastor, I feel I have a good sense of the giftings of our congregation."

   2022, Don Everts, Discover Your Gifts