Sentence examples for custom of offering from inspiring English sources

The tradition was derived from the ancient custom of offering clothes to adorn the statues of deities.

Little tents and stands and open-air kitchens had been set up with pots of rice and soup, in keeping with the Shiite custom of offering food and drink to the pilgrims.

As we entered a medieval shrine honoring Munsar Mata, the goddess of the lake, a priest recited prayers and drew our attention to a local custom of offering heads molded from clay to the goddess.

Re "From America's Busiest Death Chamber, a Catalog of Last Rants, Pleas and Apologies" (news article, June 30): At first glance, it's odd that states like Texas have retained the custom of offering condemned men and women the opportunity to make final statements before their executions.

The art developed from the custom of offering flowers to the Buddha and was introduced into Japan early in the 7th century by Ono No Imoko, Japanese ambassador to China, who founded the first and oldest school of floral art, the Ikenobō.

The Russian custom of offering bread and salt to visitors has had to be altered on account of micro-gravity to prevent scratchy bread crumbs and corrosive grains of salt from dancing around the space station.

And, as has become their custom, instead of offering real solutions, they're attending trainings.

It was custom-built, this year, designed for the express purpose of offering someone with £750-a-month a sub-par place to live in.

It mentions the custom Teressa and Frank had in times gone by of offering a few songs themselves late on Saturday night — Teressa emerging from the kitchen to belt out "Oh Marie" or "Tell Me That You Love Me".

They opened Cafécito with the intention of offering authentic Cuban dishes, tempered by contemporary American dietary customs.

The custom of the last meal acknowledges the humanity of the condemned, both in the manner of offering a meal and in the fundamental self-assertion inherent in making food choices.