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Vinony

oblation

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /əʊˈbleɪʃən/ / /ɒˈbleɪʃən/ / /oʊˈbleɪʃən/

name

Etymology: From Old French oblacion, from Latin oblātus, passive perfect participle of offerō (“I offer, present”).

  1. The offering of bread and wine at the Eucharist

noun

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

  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.