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What (who) is OBLATION - definition
LATINISM WITH SEVERAL RELIGIOUS AND ECCLESIASTICAL MEANINGS
Annualia; Zidqa Brikha
Oblation
·noun The act of offering, or of making an Offering.
II. Oblation ·noun Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice.
III. Oblation ·noun 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.
oblation
n.
Offering, sacrifice.
oblation
¦ noun a thing presented or offered to God or a god.
?Christian Church the presentation of bread and wine to God in the Eucharist.
Derivatives
oblational adjective
oblatory adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr., or from late L. oblatio(n-), from L. offerre 'to offer'.
Wikipedia
Oblation
Oblation, meaning "the act of offering; an instance of offering" and by extension "the thing offered" (Late Latin oblatio, from offerre, oblatum, to offer), is a term used, particularly in ecclesiastical use, for a solemn offering, sacrifice or presentation to God, to the Church for use in God's service, or to the faithful, such as giving alms to the poor.
Examples of use of OBLATION
1. It‘s almost a universal law.‘ Kidman‘s character will kidnap children and subject them to unpleasant experiments with the help of a demon monkey, as head of the ‘General Oblation Board‘. To Christians, oblation is the term for the offering of bread and wine during Mass. ‘It‘s very disappointing.