The act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity:
— Oblations for aid to the poor.

synoniem: offering.

Roget 784: giving etc. v.; bestowal, bestowment^†, donation; presentation, presentment; accordance; concession; delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment; investment, investiture; award.    almsgiving^†, charity, liberality, generosity.    [Thing given] gift, donation, present, cadeau^†; fairing; free gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation; lagniappe [U.S.], pilon [U.S.].    grace, act of grace, bonus.    allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, tribute, subvention.    bequest, legacy, devise, will, dotation^†, dot, appanage; voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance etc. 783; amortization.    alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule^†, donative^†, help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula^†, Christmas box, Easter offering, vail^†, douceur [Fr.], drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld [G.], bakshish^†; fee etc. (recompense) 973; consideration.    bribe, bait, ground bait; peace offering, handsel; boodle [Slang], graft, grease [Slang]; blat [Rus.].    giver, grantor etc. v.; donor, feoffer^†, settlor.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 990: worship, adoration, devotion, aspiration, homage, service, humiliation; kneeling, genuflection, prostration.    prayer, invocation, supplication, rogation, intercession, orison, holy breathing; petition etc. (request) 765; collect, litany, Lord's prayer, paternoster [Lat.]; beadroll^†; latria^†, dulia^†, hyperdulia^†, vigils; revival; cult; anxious meeting, camp meeting; ebenezer, virginal.    thanksgiving; giving thanks, returning thanks; grace, praise, glorification, benediction, doxology, hosanna; hallelujah, allelujah^†; Te Deum [Lat.], non nobis Domine [Lat.], nunc dimittis [Lat.]; paean; benschen [G.]; Ave Maria, O Salutaris, Sanctus [Lat.], The Annunciation, Tersanctus, Trisagion.    psalm, psalmody; hymn, plain song, chant, chaunt, response, anthem, motet; antiphon^†, antiphony.    oblation, sacrifice, incense, libation; burnt offering, heave offering, votive offering; offertory.    discipline; self-discipline, self-examination, self-denial; fasting.    divine service, office, duty; exercises; morning prayer; mass, matins, evensong, vespers; undernsong^†, tierce^†; holyday etc. (rites) 998.    worshipper, congregation, communicant, celebrant.    ... meer laten zien

Pools: oblacja

The act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist.

synoniem: religious offering.

Nederlands: oblaat, hecatombe, offer, offerande, offergave, wijgeschenk