Oblation

oblation
    n 1: the act of contributing to the funds of a church or
         charity; "oblations for aid to the poor" [syn: {oblation},
         {offering}]
    2: the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist [syn:
       {Oblation}, {religious offering}]
    

Oblation \Ob*la"tion\, n. [L. oblatio: cf. F. oblation. See
   {Oblate}.]
   1. The act of offering, or of making an offering. --Locke.
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   2. Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred
      service; an offering; a sacrifice.
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            A peculiar . . . oblation given to God. --Jer.
                                                  Taylor.
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            A pin was the usual oblation.         --Sir. W.
                                                  Scott.
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   3. 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.
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OBLATION, eccl. law. In a general sense the property which accrues to the 
church by any right or title whatever; but, in a more limited sense, it is 
that which the priest receives at the altar, at the celebration of the 
eucharist. Ayl. Par. 392. 
    

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "oblation":
      Christmas present, award, birthday present, box, burnt offering,
      cadeau, collection, drink offering, ex voto offering, fairing,
      gift, handsel, heave offering, hecatomb, holocaust,
      human sacrifice, immolation, incense, infanticide, libation,
      mactation, offering, offertory, peace offering, piacular offering,
      present, presentation, sacramental offering, sacrifice, scapegoat,
      self-immolation, self-sacrifice, suttee, sutteeism, thank offering,
      tribute, votive offering, white elephant, whole offering