oblation

Speech parts

1. oblation - Noun

2. Oblation - Proper noun

Meaning

The act of offering, or of making an offering.

Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

offering religious offering eucharist dole award present help offer collection assistance favor contribution grant gift tribute
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Antonyms

loss liability hate deception betrayal disapproval
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Hypernyms

giving gift religious ceremony religious ritual

Hyponyms

offertory

Related terms

offer oblate oblational oblatory

Phrases with the word

pertaining to oblation

Anagrams

boltonia lobation Bolotina

Examples

Both the Oblation Board and the Specters of Indifference are bewitched by this truth about human beings: that innocence is different from experience. The Oblation Board fears and hates Dust, and the Specters feast on it, but it's Dust both of them are obsessed by. Philip Pullman

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He had become a secular oblate of the Abbey's monastic community, making his final oblation on February 16, 1990, less than three months before his death. Source: Internet

Likewise, in the Gaelic language of Ireland and Scotland the word "Aifreann", usually translated into English as "Mass", is derived from Late Latin "Offerendum", meaning "oblation", "offering". Source: Internet

The Apostolic Constitutions (compiled c. 380) says: "Let the bishop give the oblation, saying, The body of Christ; and let him that receiveth say, Amen. Source: Internet

Because Christ is the absolute mediator between man and God, the sacrifice of Calvary is the oblation in which God’s love for man encounters man’s love for God. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

oblate oblately oblateness oblational oblationary oblationer