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oblation

noun
/əʊˈbleɪʃən/UK/oʊˈbleɪʃən/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from oblātiō — “offering”
  2. derived from oblacion
  3. inherited from oblacioun

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. A deed or gift offered charitably.

  3. The offering of bread and wine at the Eucharist

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Derived

oblationer

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA