Dictionary

oblation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /oʊˈbleɪʃən/ (US)
• /əʊˈbleɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ɒˈbleɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɑːˈbleɪʃən/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English oblacioun, from Old French oblacion, from Latin oblātiō (“offering”), from offerō (“to offer, present”). By surface analysis, oblate + -ion.

Meanings

1. The offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.
   • And if thy oblation be a meate offering baken in the frying pan,it ſhalbe made of fine flowꝛe with oyle. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 2:7:
   • In the fulness of time there was an eruption of the merry-makers to the sidewalk. The uninvited guests enveloped and permeated them, and upon the night air rose joyous cries, congratulations, laughter and unclassified noises born of McGary's oblations to the hymeneal scene. 1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “From the Cabby’s Seat”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, →OCLC, page 165:
   • whatever she judged proper for the oblation of the approaching night. 1786, [William Beckford], translated by [Samuel Henley], An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript: […] [Vathek], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC:
   • As she waits for her children in the shade / Demogorgon or demigod the ghost parade / No oblation will bring her back to our place 2017, “Wallowa Lake Monster”, in The Greatest Gift, performed by Sufjan Stevens:
2. (broadly) A deed or gift offered charitably.

Forms

Deriveds

oblationer

Relateds

oblational · oblate · offer · oblatory

Translations (19)

it oblazione (the offering to a deity) · sa दुवस् (the offering to a deity) · sa दुवस् (deed or gift offered) · fa نذر (the offering to a deity) · hi भोग (the offering to a deity) · nl oblaat (deed or gift offered) · bg дар (deed or gift offered) · sh oblacija (deed or gift offered) · es oblación (the offering to a deity) · enm oblacioun (the offering to a deity) · bg пожертвувание (the offering to a deity) · sh oblacija (the offering to a deity) · sv offergåva (the offering to a deity) · ml അർപ്പണം (the offering to a deity) · fr oblation (the offering to a deity) · ae 𐬎𐬯𐬆𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬙𐬌 (the offering to a deity) · pl oblacja (the offering to a deity) · hu áldozat (the offering to a deity) · pal 'wstwpryt (the offering to a deity)