wave offering

English

Noun

wave offering (plural wave offerings)

  1. (Judaism, historical) An ancient Jewish custom of moving the hands in succession towards the four points of the compass in presenting certain offerings; opposed to the heave offering, in which the hands were only lifted up and lowered.
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