Timeline for In which context is the word "libation" more often used?
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| Oct 4, 2015 at 1:31 | comment | added | Graffito | If you look at MW dictionary libation definition, there is no mention of the word "intoxicating": just an alcoholic drink. As indicated by FumbleFingers, my feeling is that recent usage of this term is mostly related to a non religious context. | |
| Sep 9, 2011 at 21:50 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | It's probably a bit meaningless to look at NGram usage. The religious meaning has pretty much ceased to have any ongoing real-world referent; any such usage is almost entirely restricted to talking about historical practices. I'd have thought the vast majority of "current" usages are in jest (normally concerning alcoholic beverages, as you say). | |
| Sep 9, 2011 at 18:42 | history | answered | user10893 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |