oblation

Dictionary: ob·la·tion (ə-blā'shən, ō-blā'-) pronunciation

The act of offering something, such as worship or thanks, to a deity.
Oblation
1. The act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist.
2. Something offered, especially the bread and wine of the Eucharist.
A charitable offering or gift.

[Middle English oblacioun, from Old French oblacion, from Late Latin oblātiō, oblātiōn-, from Latin oblātus, past participle of offerre, to offer : ob-, ob- + lātus, brought.]

oblational ob·la'tion·al or ob'la·to'ry (ŏb'lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.

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In Christianity, the offering up by the faithful of any gift for use usually by the clergy, the church, or the sick or poor. The bread and wine offered for consecration in the Eucharist are oblations. In the Middle Ages children dedicated to a monastery and left there to be brought up were called oblates. Later, oblates were laity who lived at or in close connection with a monastery but who did not take religious vows. Members of certain Roman Catholic communities take the title oblate (e.g., the Oblates Regular of St. Benedict).

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noun

A presentation made to a deity as an act of worship: offering. See offer, religion.
A charitable deed: benefaction, beneficence, benevolence, benignity, favor, kindliness, kindness, office (often used in plural), philanthropy. See give/take/reciprocity, kind/cruel.

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For the sculpture in the Philippines, see U.P. Oblation.

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Oblation, an offering (Late Latin oblatio, from offerre, oblatum, to offer), a term, particularly in ecclesiastical usage, for a solemn offering or presentation to God. It is thus applied to certain parts of the Eucharistic service in the Roman Church. The term is also used in the liturgy of some other churches (for example, the Church of England's Eucharistic Prayer 'C').

In the Roman rite, there are two oblations: the lesser oblation, generally known as the offertory, in which the bread and wine yet unconsecrated are presented, and the greater oblation, the oblation proper, forming the latter part of the prayer of consecration, when the Body and Blood are ceremonially presented.

The word oblate is an ecclesiastical term for persons who have devoted themselves or have been devoted as children by their parents to a monastic life. Oblate is more familiar in the Roman Church as the name of a Religious Congregation of secular or diocesan priests, the Oblate Fathers of St. Charles. They are placed under the absolute authority of the bishop of the diocese in which they are established and can be employed by him on any duties he may think fit. This congregation was founded in 1578 under the name of Oblates of the Blessed Virgin and St. Ambrose by St. Charles Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan.

A similar congregation of secular priests, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, was founded at Marseilles in 1815...

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Translations: Oblation

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - offer (i kirkelig betydning), gave (til kirke)

Nederlands (Dutch)
offerande, gave

Français (French)
n. - (Relig) oblat, oblation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Opfergabe

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκ.) προσφορά, πρόσφορο, τάμα

Italiano (Italian)
oblazione, elemosina, donazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - oblação (f)

Русский (Russian)
жертва, пожертвование, причастие

Español (Spanish)
n. - oblación, oblata

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (frambärande av) offer

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
供奉, 牲礼, 奉献

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 供奉, 牲禮, 奉獻

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 헌납, 봉헌, 성찬식, 헌금

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 奉献, 奉納物, 供物, 寄付

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قربان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קורבן (לאל), מתן לחם ויין בכנסיה בעת ההתייחדות עם ישו‬

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