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ex-voto

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ex-voto /ɛks ˈvəʊtəʊ/

▶noun (pl. ex-votos) an offering given in order to fulfil a vow.

– origin C18: from L. ex voto ‘from a vow’.

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