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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

oblatio

: cf. F.

oblation

. See

The act of offering, or of making an offering.

Locke.

Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice.

A peculiar . . .

oblation

given to God.

Jer. Taylor.

A pin was the usual

oblation

Sir. W. Scott.

A gift or contribution made to a church, as for the expenses of the eucharist, or for the support of the clergy and the poor.

Noun.

[L. oblatio, from offero; ob and fero, to bear or bring.]

Any thing offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice.

Bring no more vain oblations. Is. 1.