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Definition of Oblations
1. oblation [n] - See also: oblation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oblations
Literary usage of Oblations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Satapatha-brâhmana: According to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School by Julius Eggeling (1900)
"These sixty-two formulas are used with as many ghee-oblations,' which are to be
performed immediately after the 13131 of the previous set of oblations. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"First in importance among these Christian oblations is that of the matter ...
These oblations were collected by the officiating bishop assisted by priests ..."
3. Journal of Theological Studies (1900)
"THE object of the following paper is to investigate, solely on historical grounds,
the sense of the word ' oblations,' as it occurs in the prayer 'For the ..."
4. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1825)
"ORDINARY Oblations, —the show-bread and incense.—V. VOLUNTARY Oblations. ...
IHE sacrifices and oblations of the Jews demand particular notice in tliis ..."
5. The Difficulties of Romanism by George Stanley Faber (1829)
"Now the same oblations, we see, were made both for the dead themselves, ...
Hence, plainly, the oblations must have been made for each under the very same ..."
6. A Classical Dictionary of India: Illustrative of the Mythology, Philosophy by John Garrett (1871)
"Oblations are made with such ceremonies, and in such form, ... The residue of
oblations to be offered to Indra, Yama, Varuna, and Soma, at the four cardinal ..."
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