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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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