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views 2,100,617 updated May 17 2018ob·la·tion / əˈblāshən/ •
n. a thing presented or offered to God or a god. ∎ Christian Church the presentation of bread and wine to God in the Eucharist.DERIVATIVES: ob·la·tion·al / -shənl; -shnəl/ adj.ob·la·to·ry / ˈäbləˌtôrē/ adj.
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oblation
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views 3,057,076 updated May 29 2018oblation XV. — (O)F. oblation or late and ecclL. oblātiō, -ōn-, f. oblāt-, used as pp. stem of offerre OFFER; see -ATION.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD