Oblation
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This article is about the church offering. For the sculpture in the Philippines, see U.P. Oblation. For the legal term, see Oblation (legal).
Not to be confused with ablation or ablution (disambiguation).
Oblation, meaning "the act of offering; an instance of offering" and by extension "the thing offered" (Late Latin oblatio, from offerre, oblatum, to offer), is a term used, particularly in ecclesiastical use, for a solemn offering, sacrifice or presentation to God, to the Church for use in God's service, or to the faithful, such as giving alms to the poor.