Oblation Definition

ə-blāshən, ō-blā-
oblations
noun
oblations
An offering of a sacrifice, thanksgiving, etc. to God or a god.
Webster's New World
The thing or things offered; esp., the bread and wine of the Eucharist.
Webster's New World
A charitable offering or gift.
American Heritage
The act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
pronoun

The offering of bread and wine at the Eucharist.

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Other Word Forms of Oblation

Noun

Singular:
oblation
Plural:
oblations

Origin of Oblation

  • Middle English oblacioun from Old French oblacion from Late Latin oblātiō oblātiōn- from Latin oblātus past participle of offerre to offer ob- ob- lātus brought telə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French oblacion, from Latin oblātus, passive perfect participle of offerō (“I offer, present")

    From Wiktionary

  • From Old French oblacion, from Latin oblātiō (“offering"), from offerō (“I offer, present").

    From Wiktionary

Oblation Sentence Examples

  • But the most important offering was the solemn oblation in the assembly on the Lord's day.

  • In the heart of each being It is the fire that receives the oblation.

  • Hands are not to be imposed on her, because she does not offer the oblation and she does not conduct the liturgy.

  • It was one of the gifts offered by the Magi, and a royal oblation of gold, frankincense and myrrh is still annually presented by the sovereign on the feast of Epiphany in the Chapel Royal in London, this custom having been in existence certainly as early as the reign of Edward L 1 True myrrh is the product of Balsamodendron (Commiphora) Myrrha, a small tree of the natural order Amyridaceae that grows in eastern Africa and Arabia, but the name is also applied to gum resins obtained from other species of Balsamodendron.

  • For the processions that formed part of the ritual of the eucharist, those of the introit, the gospel and the oblation, the earliest records date from the 6th century and even later (see Duchesne, Origines, 2nd ed., pp. 77, 1 54, 181; 78, 194), but they evidently were established at a much earlier date.

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