Of"fer*ing , n.
1. The act
of an offerer; a proffering.
2. That which is offered, esp. in divine service; that which is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a free gift; a sacrifice; an oblation; as, sin offering.
They are polluted offerings more
abhorred
Than spotted
livers in the sacrifice.
Shak.
3. A sum of money offered, as in church
service; as, a missionary offering. Specif.: (Ch. of Eng.) Personal tithes payable according to custom, either at certain seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on
certain occasions as marriages
or christenings.
[None] to the
offering before her should go.
Chaucer. Burnt offering, Drink offering, etc.
See under Burnt. etc.
Hear it pronounced