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oblation

UK/əʊˈbleɪʃən//oʊˈbleɪʃən/

oblation noun: the offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.

Noun

oblation (plural oblations)

  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
    • 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the oblation of the approaching night.1786, [William Beckford], translated by [Samuel Henley], An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript: […] [Vathek], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC
  2. (broadly) A deed or gift offered charitably.

Proper noun capitalized: Oblation

Oblation

  1. The offering of bread and wine at the Eucharist

oblation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

oblation in Hindi

the offering to a deity
भोग bhog

oblation in Tamil

பலியுணவு, திருப்படையல், நைவேத்தியம், நேர்ச்சிப்பொருள், பலிப்பொருள், பலியாள்

oblation in Urdu

چڑھاوا, نذر, قربانی

oblation in Bengali

দেবতার উদ্দেশ্যে উৎসর্গ, নৈবেদ্য
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oblation in Telugu
నైవేద్యము naivēdyamu, ఆహుతి āhuti
oblation in Malayalam
അർപ്പണം aṟppaṇaṁ
oblation in Kannada
ಬೇಳುವೆ, ಬಾರೆ, ಕಾಣಿಕೆ, ನೈವೇದ್ಯ
oblation in Sanskrit
दुवस् duvas
oblation in Persian
نذر nazr

Examples of oblation in a sentence

  • 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 &...
  • As she waits for her children in the shade / Demogorgon or demigod the ghost parade / No oblation will bring her back to our place2017, “Wallowa Lake Monster”, in The Greatest Gift, performed by Sufjan Stevens:

Forms of oblation

pluraloblations

Origin of oblation

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

From Old French oblacion, from Latin oblātus, passive perfect participle of offerō (“I offer, present”).

Words formed from oblation

Words that rhyme with oblation

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Questions about oblation

What does oblation mean?
Oblation means the offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.
What is oblation in Hindi?
Oblation in Hindi is भोग (bhog). See Oblation meaning in Hindi.
How do you use oblation in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is oblation?
Oblation can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce oblation?
Oblation is pronounced /əʊˈbleɪʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of oblation?
The plural of oblation is oblations.

Words near oblation in the dictionary

  1. oblateness
  2. oblatenesses
  3. oblates
  4. oblati
  5. oblating
  6. oblation
  7. oblational
  8. oblationaries
  9. oblationary
  10. oblationer
  11. oblationers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oblation (page history and authors); Oblation (page history and authors); oblation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); oblation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); oblation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఆహుతి (Telugu) (page history and authors); oblation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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