oblation

noun

The act of offering something, such as worship or thanks, to a deity.

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The act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist.

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Something offered, especially the bread and wine of the Eucharist.

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A charitable offering or gift.

noun

The act of offering.

noun

The whole office of holy communion; the eucharist.

noun

In Roman law (oblatio), a mode of extinguishment for debt by the tender of the precise amount due.

noun

Anything offered or presented; an offering; a gift.

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Specifically Anything offered or presented in worship; an offering or sacrifice; especially, ecclesiastical, a eucharistic offering or donation; usually in the plural, the eucharistic elements or other offerings at the eucharist.