Example sentences for: votive

How can you use “votive” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • As family members are born, or die, their picture or a favorite personal item of theirs may be placed on the altar, along with their patron saint, a votive candle, or flowers.

  • Cave sites have rendered some particularly interesting votive artifacts.

  • The lower floors of the museum are stocked with Iberian votive figurines, Limoges enamel boxes, and religious sculptures from the 12th to 19th centuries.

  • An ofrenda will have lit votive candles that are meant to help guide the soul to the ofrenda.

  • Incense burners, icons, and tamata — votive offerings — are the most portable.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast