Hypertext Webster Gateway: "oblation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Oblation \Ob*la"tion\, n. [L. oblatio: cf. F. oblation. See
{Oblate}.]
1. The act of offering, or of making an offering. --Locke.
2. Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred
service; an offering; a sacrifice.
A peculiar . . . oblation given to God. --Jer.
Taylor.
A pin was the usual oblation. --Sir. W.
Scott.
3. A gift or contribution made to a church, as for the
expenses of the eucharist, or for the support of the
clergy and the poor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
oblation
n 1: the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity;
"oblations for aid to the poor" [syn: {offering}]
2: the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist
[syn: {Oblation}, {religious offering}]
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