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Definition of: oblation
(ob·lā′shən) noun
1. The act of offering or anything offered in worship, especially the elements of the Eucharist.
2. Hence, any grateful and solemn offering.
3. In canon law, any property given to a church. [<OF, an offering, sacrifice <Med. L oblatio, -onis <L <oblatus. See OBLATE2.]
—ob·la′tion·al adjective
—ob·la·to·ry (ob′lə·tôr′ē, -tō′rē) adjective
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