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noun

Oblation n.

The act of offering, or of making an offering.

Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice. "A peculiar... oblation given to God." "A pin was the usual oblation."

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.

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Etymology of 'Oblation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Oblation" Quotes from Famous Books

... of 'the Fathers,' is a flat failure. By it the people of great nations have been molded into servile submission to church and ruler—have been persuaded that wretchedness and poverty are eternal—that heaven is a realm beyond the grave, to which admission is a function of outward oblation—and that surcease from ills here, or in the life to come, is a gift of the Church. Can we wonder that commercialism is mistaken by nations for progress? That king and emperor still call upon God to bless their ...

— Carmen Ariza • Charles Francis Stocking

... burned before him; so modest (he told himself); so childlike and worshipful, and (he would once have sworn) so sincere. She had invested him with an almost supernatural number of high attributes and excellencies and talents, and he had absorbed the oblation as a desert drinks the rain that can coax from it no promise ...

— Waifs and Strays - Part 1 • O. Henry

... the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week, and half the week (i. e., in the midst of the week) he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation and that (is) determined, ...

— The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old • George Bethune English

... his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, ... he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about," Lev. ...

— The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism • S. E. Wishard

... him, but he has a hankering that Moore should be made an example of. He was extolling him to Mr. Hall the other day as the mill-owner with the most brains in Yorkshire, and for that reason he affirms Moore should be chosen as a sacrifice, an oblation of a sweet savour. Is Mike Hartley in his right mind, do you ...

— Shirley • Charlotte Bronte

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