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Meaning 1
The offering of bread and wine at the Eucharist
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
oblation
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /əʊˈbleɪʃən/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɒˈbleɪʃən/
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US: /oʊˈbleɪʃən/
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US: /ɑːˈbleɪʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
noun
Meaning 2
The offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A deed or gift offered charitably.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
Meaning 4
the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: religious offering
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: religious ceremony, religious ritual
Narrower terms: Offertory
noun
Meaning 5
the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- oblations for aid to the poor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: offering
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: giving, gift
History
Etymology
From Old French oblacion, from Latin oblātus, passive perfect participle of offerō (“I offer, present”).
From Middle English oblacioun, from Old French oblacion, from Latin oblātiō (“offering”), from offerō (“to offer, present”). By surface analysis, oblate + -ion.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Avestan: 𐬎𐬯𐬆𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬙𐬌 (usəfriti) — the offering to a deity
- Bulgarian: пожертвувание (požertvuvanie) — the offering to a deity
- French: oblation — the offering to a deity
- Hindi: भोग (bhog) — the offering to a deity
- Hungarian: áldozat — the offering to a deity
- Italian: oblazione — the offering to a deity
- Malayalam: അർപ്പണം (aṟppaṇaṁ) — the offering to a deity
- Middle English: oblacioun — the offering to a deity
- Persian: نذر (nazr) — the offering to a deity
- Middle Persian: 'wstwpryt — the offering to a deity
- Polish: oblacja — the offering to a deity
- Sanskrit: दुवस् (duvas) — the offering to a deity
- Serbo-Croatian: oblacija — the offering to a deity
- Spanish: oblación — the offering to a deity
- Swedish: offergåva — the offering to a deity
- Bulgarian: дар (dar) — deed or gift offered
- Dutch: oblaat — deed or gift offered
- Sanskrit: दुवस् (duvas) — deed or gift offered
- Serbo-Croatian: oblacija — deed or gift offered