oblation
Gift to deity
Oblation is a religious offering—something presented to God or a deity as an act of worship.
The term appears most often in Christian contexts, referring to the bread and wine offered during the Eucharist, or more broadly to any gift dedicated to sacred purposes: The oblation was placed upon the altar.
The word carries a formal, liturgical tone.
Named religious structure
- altarSacred ritual table
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- LevitePriestly tribe member
- firstfruitsEarliest gathered produce
Sacrificial killing, often burning
- victimOne harmed by another
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- propitiationAct of placating deity
- expiationRedress for offense
holocaust · hecatomb · libation · consecration · blood sacrifice · redemption · purification · reparation
Formal event marking occasions
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- altarSacred ritual table
- censerVessel for burning aromatics
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
procession · libation · chanting · genuflection · prostration · aspersion · acolyte · officiant
Item given freely
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- titheTenth for clergy
- almsGifts to the destitute
- firstfruitsEarliest gathered produce
votive · dedication · thanksgiving · charity · benefaction · contribution · endowment · pledge
Catholic worship service
- EucharistSacramental bread and wine
- communionProfound shared closeness
- hostOne receiving guests
- chaliceOrnate ritual drinking vessel
paten · altar · consecration · transubstantiation · introit · Gloria · Kyrie · corporal
Hindu worship ritual
- agniAyurvedic metabolic energy
- gheeButter with milk removed
- coconutHard-shelled tropical drupe
- camphorAromatic crystalline insect deterrent
flowers · incense · sandalwood · mantra · priest · sacred fire
Address to deity
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- pietySincere religious devotion
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- venerationProfound admiring respect
adoration · supplication · intercession · petition · invocation · thanksgiving · contemplation · meditation
Temple
Named religious structure
firstfruits · showbread · incense · libation
immolation
Sacrificial killing, often burning
- victimOne harmed by another
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- propitiationAct of placating deity
expiation · holocaust · hecatomb · libation · consecration · blood sacrifice · redemption · purification · reparation · firstfruits
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
vestments · procession · libation · chanting · genuflection · prostration · aspersion · acolyte · officiant · sanctification
gift
Item given freely
firstfruits · votive · dedication · thanksgiving · charity · benefaction · contribution · endowment · pledge · bequest
Mass
Catholic worship service
chalice · paten · altar · consecration · transubstantiation · introit · Gloria · Kyrie · corporal · cruet
puja
Hindu worship ritual
camphor · flowers · incense · sandalwood · mantra · priest · sacred fire
prayer
Address to deity
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- pietySincere religious devotion
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
veneration · adoration · supplication · intercession · petition · invocation · thanksgiving · contemplation · meditation · litany
- charitable givingcharitable gift, charitable gifts, donation, donations, contribution
- worshippraying, congregational prayer, adoration, praise God, evening prayer
- monastic lifecelibacy, cloister, habit, vespers, obedience
- monasticismabbeys, abbey, abbots, abbot, cloister
- atonementpropitiation, substitution, reconciler, forgiveness, making amends
- offeringsoblations, libations, libation, firstfruits, first fruits
oblationtip
End or gratuity
bribe · fee · payment · tax · charitable contribution
oblationseizure
Forcible taking or convulsion
confiscation · theft · plunder · taking · expropriation
oblationsacrilege
Violation of the hallowed
desecration · profanation · blasphemy · defilement · impiety