Cibation vs Libation - What's the difference?
cibation | libation |
(obsolete) The act of taking food.
(obsolete, alchemy) The operation of feeding the contents of the crucible with fresh material.
The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity.
The wine or liquid thus poured out.
A beverage, especially an alcoholic one.
As nouns the difference between cibation and libation
is that cibation is (obsolete) the act of taking food while libation is the act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity.cibation
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(en noun)- (Ben Jonson)