Definition of "peace offering" []

• An offering made to an adversary in the interests of peace or reconciliation. (noun)

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• "And you might be especially interested to know that the beautiful pharaoh Arsinoc II sent the scarab to Julius Caesar as a peace offering before he left to conquer Britain."
• "Phoc invited me and Juan to Saigon Falls as a peace offering during the holidays."
• "The only constantly-recurring peace offering appears to have been that of the two firstling lambs at Pentecost."