libation

cultural offering of beverage to a god
Event ritual Q1333686
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libation

Summary

libation is a ritual[1]. libation draws 7,338 Wikipedia views per month (ritual category, ranking #12 of 101).[2]

Key Facts

  • libation's instance of is recorded as ritual[3].
  • libation's instance of is recorded as ceremony[4].
  • libation is a type of sacrifice[5].
  • libation's Commons category is recorded as Libations[6].
  • libation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Libation[7].
  • libation's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[8].
  • libation's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[9].
  • libation's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • libation's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • libation's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • libation's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • libation's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[14].
  • libation's different from is recorded as Q27690146[15].

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Context

Recorded instance of include ritual[3] and ceremony[4].

Why It Matters

libation draws 7,338 Wikipedia views per month (ritual category, ranking #12 of 101).[2] libation has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] libation is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · THEbotIT bot · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ami', 'ar', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'dga', 'el', 'en', 'eo',
    Described by source → Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +4
    Sitelink count → 41
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q1138524]], Add reference to a lexicon article."
  2. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → ARTIS
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q296919, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → ritual, ceremony
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → sacrifice
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007565685905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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