noun.
The act of offering.
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The whole office of holy communion; the eucharist.
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In Roman law (oblatio), a mode of extinguishment for debt by the tender of the precise amount due.
noun.
Anything offered or presented; an offering; a gift.
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Specifically Anything offered or presented in worship; an offering or sacrifice; especially, ecclesiastical, a eucharistic offering or donation; usually in the plural, the eucharistic elements or other offerings at the eucharist.
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In canon law, anything offered to God and the church, whether movables or immovables.