oblation

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Pronunciation

/əʊˈbleɪʃən/

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/əʊˈbleɪʃən/ · /ɒˈbleɪʃən/ · /oʊˈbleɪʃən/ (US) · /ɑːˈbleɪʃən/ (US)

Definition of oblation

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

The offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.

“And if thy oblation be a meate offering baken in the frying pan,it ſhalbe made of fine flowꝛe with oyle.”
“whatever she judged proper for the oblation of the approaching night.”
“In the fulness of time there was an eruption of the merry-makers to the sidewalk. The uninvited guests enveloped and permeated them, and upon the night air rose joyous cries, congratulations, laughter and unclassified noises born of McGary's oblations to the hymeneal scene.”
“As she waits for her children in the shade / Demogorgon or demigod the ghost parade / No oblation will bring her back to our place”

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noun

The offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.

“And if thy oblation be a meate offering baken in the frying pan,it ſhalbe made of fine flowꝛe with oyle.”
“whatever she judged proper for the oblation of the approaching night.”
“In the fulness of time there was an eruption of the merry-makers to the sidewalk. The uninvited guests enveloped and permeated them, and upon the night air rose joyous cries, congratulations, laughter and unclassified noises born of McGary's oblations to the hymeneal scene.”
“As she waits for her children in the shade / Demogorgon or demigod the ghost parade / No oblation will bring her back to our place”
(broadly)A deed or gift offered charitably.

name

The offering of bread and wine at the Eucharist

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Etymology

From Middle English oblacioun, from Old French oblacion, from Latin oblātiō (“offering”), from offerō (“to offer, present”). By surface analysis, oblate + -ion.