Definition of "corban"

corban

noun
plural corbans or corbanot or corbanoth
1. An offering to God, especially in fulfilment of a vow.
  Quotations
  but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given [to God];
  1901, The Bible, American Standard Version, 7:11
2. An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.