Look up: oblation

1. Oblation
   [n] - the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity 2. [n] - the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist
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2. Oblation
   Ob·la'tion noun [ Latin oblatio : confer French 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; ...
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3. Oblation
   religious offering noun the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist
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4. oblation
   noun the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity; `oblations for aid to the poor`
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5. Oblation
   • (n.) The act of offering, or of making an offering. • (n.) Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice. • (n.) 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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6. oblation
   (from the article `Roman Catholicism`) ...two sacraments most clearly found in the New Testament, and along with baptism and confirmation it is one of the sacraments of initiation. The ...
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7. Oblation
   In Christianity oblation is the offering of the bread and wine of the Eucharist to God.
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8. Oblation
   `Oblation`, an offering (Late Latin oblatio, from offerre, oblatum, to offer), a term, particularly in ecclesiastical usage, for a solemn offering or presentation to God. It is thus applied to certain parts of the Eucharistic service in the Roman Church.<ref name="souvay...
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