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Definition of "oblation" []

  • The act of offering something, such as worship or thanks, to a deity. (noun)
  • The act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist. (noun)
  • Something offered, especially the bread and wine of the Eucharist. (noun)
  • A charitable offering or gift. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "oblation" in a sentence
  • "The proportion of this oblation is here determined, which was not done by the law of Moses."
  • "The word oblation, from the supine of the Latin verb offero ( "to offer"), is etymologically akin to offering, but is, unlike the latter, almost exclusively restricted to matters religious."
  • "(James i. 26); and if our religion be a vain oblation, a vain religion, how great is that vanity!"