Oblation Synonyms

ə-blāshən, ō-blā-
A presentation made to a deity as an act of worship
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. offering
  2. gift
  3. religious offering
  4. presentation
  5. sacrifice

Words Related to Oblation

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. offer
  2. give
  3. religion
  4. kind
  5. peace-offering
  6. first-fruit
  7. expiatory
  8. sin-offering

Oblation Sentence Examples

  • But the most important offering was the solemn oblation in the assembly on the Lord's day.

  • Hands are not to be imposed on her, because she does not offer the oblation and she does not conduct the liturgy.

  • In the heart of each being It is the fire that receives the oblation.

  • It was one of the gifts offered by the Magi, and a royal oblation of gold, frankincense and myrrh is still annually presented by the sovereign on the feast of Epiphany in the Chapel Royal in London, this custom having been in existence certainly as early as the reign of Edward L 1 True myrrh is the product of Balsamodendron (Commiphora) Myrrha, a small tree of the natural order Amyridaceae that grows in eastern Africa and Arabia, but the name is also applied to gum resins obtained from other species of Balsamodendron.

  • For the processions that formed part of the ritual of the eucharist, those of the introit, the gospel and the oblation, the earliest records date from the 6th century and even later (see Duchesne, Origines, 2nd ed., pp. 77, 1 54, 181; 78, 194), but they evidently were established at a much earlier date.

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