oblations
Gifts to God
Oblations are offerings made to a deity or for religious purposes, especially the bread and wine of the Eucharist before consecration.
The term appears in liturgical contexts and religious texts: The priest prepared the oblations for the service.
More broadly, any solemn offering or sacrifice given as an act of worship.
Things presented or given
- libationCeremonial drink offering
- immolationSacrificial killing, often burning
- hecatombGreat public sacrifice
- victimOne harmed by another
expiation · atonement · propitiation · bloodshed · consecration · firstfruits · tithe · holocaust
Quantity of matter
- communionProfound shared closeness
- altarSacred ritual table
- chaliceOrnate ritual drinking vessel
- patenEucharistic bread dish
host · bread · wine · sacrament · consecration · offertory · liturgy · rites
Sincere religious devotion
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- prayerAddress to deity
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
adoration · faith · spirituality · sanctity · holiness · fervor · zeal · dedication
Voluntary charitable gift
- almsgivingGiving to the needy
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- benefactionCharitable gift or deed
- contributionSomething given to help
tithe · endowment · gift · pledge · generosity · philanthropy · patronage · bequest
offerings
Things presented or given
- libationCeremonial drink offering
- immolationSacrificial killing, often burning
- hecatombGreat public sacrifice
victim · expiation · atonement · propitiation · bloodshed · consecration · firstfruits · tithe · holocaust · votive
mass
Quantity of matter
paten · host · bread · wine · sacrament · consecration · offertory · liturgy · rites · ceremony
piety
Sincere religious devotion
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- prayerAddress to deity
worship · adoration · faith · spirituality · sanctity · holiness · fervor · zeal · dedication · humility
donation
Voluntary charitable gift
- almsgivingGiving to the needy
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- benefactionCharitable gift or deed
contribution · tithe · endowment · gift · pledge · generosity · philanthropy · patronage · bequest · dana
oblationsseizures
Involuntary convulsions or takings
confiscations · plunder · looting · appropriations · requisitions
oblationssacrilege
Violation of the hallowed
irreverence · iconoclasm · desecrations · desecration · profanation