Plural of corban; multiple offerings or gifts to God, particularly sacrifices presented at the Hebrew Temple.
From the plural of Hebrew 'qorban,' following the English pluralization pattern applied to the borrowed Hebrew religious term.
The plural 'corbans' shows up most in Biblical scholarship and commentary where scholars are analyzing Temple economics—did you know historians can estimate Temple wealth by tracking how many corbans were recorded annually?
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