Corban

(kõrban.) [Heb. ker ban, a sacrifice.] (Script.) An offering, bloody or the reverse, made to God, specially in fulfilment of a vow. In vows persons bind themBelves positively to do something, or negatively to abstain from something. The rab bins overlaid the law herein with their traditions. They taught that by declaring a thing C., a man might interdict himself from using it or giving it to another, and from receiving anything from another. And the abuse was carried so far as to prohibit the doing of any act which was pronounced C. | Corbel, (kor'bl.) [Same der iv.] (Arch.) A short piece of timber in a wall, jutting out 6 or 8 inches, in the manner of a bracket or shoulder-piece,and sometimes placed for strength under the semi - girder of a platform. It is often in the form of a basket, modillion, or other ornament. Also, the carved bo es, or projecting stones, frequently seen in Gothic churches at the spring of the arches (Fig. 209). [s. 228]