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

A peculiar . . . oblation given to
God.

A pin was the usual oblation.

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.

Ob*la"tion*er (?), n. One who
makes an offering as an act worship or reverence. Dr. H.
More.

Ob*la"trate (?), v. i. [L.
oblatratus, p. p. of oblatrare to bark against.]
To bark or snarl, as a dog. [Obs.]

Ob`la*tra"tion (?), n. The act of
oblatrating; a barking or snarling. Bp. Hall.

||Ob*la"tum (?), n.; pl.
Oblata (#). [NL. See Oblate.] (Geom.)
An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an
ellipse about its minor axis. Cf. Oblongum.

Ob*lec"tate (?), v.


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