Explore Oblation through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like offering or giving. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Oblation meaning
- The offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity.
- A deed or gift offered charitably.
Using Oblation
- The main meaning on this page is: The offering of worship, thanks etc. to a deity. | A deed or gift offered charitably.
- Useful related words include: offering, giving, gift, religious offering.
- In the example corpus, oblation often appears in combinations such as: an oblation.
Context around Oblation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Oblation
- In this selection, "oblation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, final, meaning, missah, offering and saying stand out and add context to how "oblation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as an oblation and fires where oblation will be. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "oblation" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with oblation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In the Old Testament, one gives “first fruits” as an oblation. (11 words)
There will be a total of 108 ceremonial fires where oblation will be offered to the God by around 1,100 priests. (22 words)
The Apostolic Constitutions (compiled c. 380) says: "Let the bishop give the oblation, saying, The body of Christ; and let him that receiveth say, Amen. (25 words)
We may dismiss at once such fanciful explanations as that missa is the Hebrew missah ("oblation" — so Reuchlin and Luther), or the Greek myesis ("initiation"), or the German Mess ("assembly", "market"). (31 words)
I am ready to make an oblation of myself to the King He also wrote the following to Buckingham: My mind is calm, for my fortune is not my felicity. (30 words)
He had become a secular oblate of the Abbey's monastic community, making his final oblation on February 16, 1990, less than three months before his death. (27 words)
Example sentences (7)
In the Old Testament, one gives “first fruits” as an oblation.
There will be a total of 108 ceremonial fires where oblation will be offered to the God by around 1,100 priests.
He had become a secular oblate of the Abbey's monastic community, making his final oblation on February 16, 1990, less than three months before his death.
I am ready to make an oblation of myself to the King He also wrote the following to Buckingham: My mind is calm, for my fortune is not my felicity.
Likewise, in the Gaelic language of Ireland and Scotland the word "Aifreann", usually translated into English as "Mass", is derived from Late Latin "Offerendum", meaning "oblation", "offering".
The Apostolic Constitutions (compiled c. 380) says: "Let the bishop give the oblation, saying, The body of Christ; and let him that receiveth say, Amen.
We may dismiss at once such fanciful explanations as that missa is the Hebrew missah ("oblation" — so Reuchlin and Luther), or the Greek myesis ("initiation"), or the German Mess ("assembly", "market").
Common combinations with oblation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an oblation 2×