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o-BLAY-shuhn
noun
offering something in worship; the act of making an offering or sacrifice
1852Canadian CrusoesThe Indians offered the first of the birds as an oblation to the Great Spirit, as a grateful acknowledgment of his bounty in having allowed them to gather food thus plentifully for their families; sometimes distant tribes with whom they were on terms of friendship were invited to share the sport and partake of the spoils. 1932The FortressShe dropped a sixpence into the little monkey's cup as a sort of oblation. 1948Rendezvous In BlackSuddenly, in a flash of anger, he went over to it, pitched it shoulder-high in venomous oblation, and downed it, flat as it was.Labels: Catherine Parr Traill, Cornell Woolrich, Hugh Walpole
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