oblation

From Middle English oblacioun, from Old French oblacion, from Latin oblātiō (“offering”), from offerō (“I offer, present”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əʊˈbleɪʃən/, /ɒˈbleɪʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /oʊˈbleɪʃən/, /ɑːˈbleɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

oblation (plural oblations)

1. The offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Leviticus 2:7:

     And if thy oblation be a meate offering baken in the frying pan,it ſhalbe made of fine flowꝛe with oyle.

   • 1786, William Beckford, Vathek; an Arabian Tale:

     whatever she judged proper for the oblation of the approaching night.

   • 2017, “Wallowa Lake Monster”, in The Greatest Gift, performed by Sufjan Stevens:

     As she waits for her children in the shade / Demogorgon or demigod the ghost parade / No oblation will bring her back to our place

2. (by extension) A deed or gift offered charitably.

• boltonia, lobation

oblation

1. Alternative form of oblacioun